An evaluation of the performance of HapMap SNP data in a Shanghai Chinese population: Analyses of allele frequency, linkage disequilibrium pattern and tagging SNPs transferability on chromosome 1q21-q25

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The HapMap project aimed to catalog millions of common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human genome in four major populations, in order to facilitate association studies of complex diseases. To examine the transferabili...

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Main Authors: Wang Jie, Zhang Rong, Wang Congrong, Zhang Weihua, Jia Weiping, Hu Cheng, Ma Xiaojing, Xiang Kunsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/19