Enhanced genetic maps from family-based disease studies: population-specific comparisons

• Main Authors: Buyske Steven (Author), Weeks Daniel E (Author), He Chunsheng (Author), Abecasis Goncalo R (Author), Stewart William C (Author), Matise Tara C (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Accurate genetic maps are required for successful and efficient linkage mapping of disease genes. However, most available genome-wide genetic maps were built using only small collections of pedigrees, and therefore have large samplin...