Linkage analysis of a large African family segregating stuttering suggests polygenic inheritance

Human Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-396

  Raza, M Hashim ^a   Gertz, E Michael ^b   Mundorff, Jennifer ^a   Lukong, Joseph ^a   Kuster, Judith ^c   Schäffer, Alejandro A ^b   Drayna, Dennis ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE LINKAGE GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NEGRO; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STUTTERING;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAMEROON; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STUTTERING;

EID: 84876478982     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1252-5     Document Type: Article

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