A genomewide search using an original pairwise sampling approach for large genealogies identifies a new locus for total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in two genetically differentiated isolates of Sardinia

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1015-1031

  Falchi, Mario ^a   Forabosco, Paola ^a,b   Mocci, Evelina ^a   Borlino, Cesare Cappio ^a   Picciau, Andrea ^a   Virdis, Emanuela ^a   Persico, Ivana ^a   Parracciani, Debora ^c   Angius, Andrea ^a,b   Pirastu, Mario ^a,b  

^a Shardna Life Sciences   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Parco Genetico dell'Ogliastra   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINLAND; FINN; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENEALOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME; GENOMEWIDE SEARCH; GRAPH THEORY; HUMAN; HUTTERITE; IDENTITY BY DESCENT ESTIMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISOLATED FOUNDER POPULATION; ITALY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; ORIGINAL PAIRWISE SAMPLING; PEDIGREE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLING; SARDINIA; SIMULATION; THEORY; VARIANCE; VARIANCE COMPONENTS LINKAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 8844250043     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426155     Document Type: Article

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