Global Genetic Architecture of an Erythroid Quantitative Trait Locus, HMIP-2

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 434-451

  Menzel, Stephan ^a   Rooks, Helen ^a   Zelenika, Diana ^b   Mtatiro, Siana N ^a,c   Gnanakulasekaran, Akshala ^a   Drasar, Emma ^a,d   Cox, Sharon ^c   Liu, Li ^e   Masood, Mariam ^a   Silver, Nicholas ^a   Garner, Chad ^f   Vasavda, Nisha ^a   Howard, Jo ^a,g   Makani, Julie ^c   Adekile, Adekunle ^h   Pace, Betty ⁱ   Spector, Tim ^a   Farrall, Martin ^j   Lathrop, Mark ^k   Thein, Swee Lay ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

ⁱ AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

CMYB; Gene enhancer variant; Malaria; Population genetics; Quantitative trait locus; Red blood cells; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; PROTEIN C MYB;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EUROPEAN; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HMIP 2 LOCUS; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIAN; ONCOGENE MYB; PURIFYING SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANZANIAN; WEST AFRICAN; ALLELE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS; TWINS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84908256845     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12077     Document Type: Article

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