Mapping genes influencing human quantitative trait variation

Anthropological Genetics: Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 306-334

  Blangero, John ^a   Williams, Jeff T ^a   Almasy, Laura ^b   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^b  

^a Department of Genetics   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139167222.012     Document Type: Chapter

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