Structured mating: Patterns and implications

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Sebro, Ronnie ^a   Peloso, Gina M ^b   Dupuis, Josée ^b,c   Risch, Neil J ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; CALCULATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEART; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPOUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; JEW; PHENOTYPE;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPOUSES;

EID: 85018380650     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006655     Document Type: Article

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