The Brisbane systems genetics study: Genetical genomics meets complex trait genetics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Powell, Joseph E ^a,b   Henders, Anjali K ^b   McRae, Allan F ^a,b   Caracella, Anthony ^b   Smith, Sara ^b   Wright, Margaret J ^b   Whitfield, John B ^b   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Visscher, Peter M ^a,b   Montgomery, Grant W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRISBANE SYSTEMS GENETICS STUDY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84860372128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035430     Document Type: Article

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