The role and challenges of exome sequencing in studies of human diseases

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Zuoheng ^a   Liu, Xiangtao ^b,c,d   Yang, Bao Zhu ^b   Gelernter, Joel ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex traits; Exome arrays; Exome sequencing; Mendelian diseases; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PANIC; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 84891855440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00160     Document Type: Article

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