Population genetics of rare variants and complex diseases

Human Heredity

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 118-128

  Maher, M Cyrus ^a   Uricchio, Lawrence H ^c   Torgerson, Dara G ^a   Hernandez, Ryan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deleterious; Natural selection; Population genetics; Rare variants; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

EID: 84876483233     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346826     Document Type: Article

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