Research Techniques Made Simple: Genome-Wide Homozygosity/Autozygosity Mapping Is a Powerful Tool for Identifying Candidate Genes in Autosomal Recessive Genetic Diseases

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1893-1900

  Vahidnezhad, Hassan ^a,b   Youssefian, Leila ^a,c,d   Jazayeri, Ali ^e   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOZYGOSITY; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SERVICE; GENODERMATOSIS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TURNAROUND TIME; WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ZYGOSITY; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEDIGREE; PROCEDURES; SKIN DISEASE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; SKIN DISEASES; WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85051532701     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.06.170     Document Type: Short Survey

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