How to Include Chromosome X in Your Genome-Wide Association Study

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-103

  König, Inke R ^a,b   Loley, Christina ^a   Erdmann, Jeanette ^a,b   Ziegler, Andreas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Zentrum für Klinische Studien Lübeck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control association; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARD; X CHROMOSOME;

CASE-CONTROL ASSOCIATION; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84892539622     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21782     Document Type: Article

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