The future for genetic studies in reproduction

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Montgomery, G W ^a   Zondervan, K T ^b,c   Nyholt, D R ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene discovery; GWAS; Reproductive traits; Review; Translation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FIBRONECTIN; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 8; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 4; SPACER DNA;

BREAST CANCER; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 9; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG REPOSITIONING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; FUTUROLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH REGULATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RNA BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS MYOMA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LEIOMYOMA; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84899817013     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat058     Document Type: Review

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