Systems genetics: A novel approach to dissect the genetic basis of osteoporosis

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-235

  Farber, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality modeling; Coexpression network; Genetics of osteoporosis; Genome wide association study; Systems biology; Systems genetics

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME; RACEMASE;

ARTICLE; BONE FRAGILITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METABOLOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84872187539     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-012-0112-5     Document Type: Article

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