Investigation of loci influencing osteoporosis using DNA pooling

A major predictor of osteoporotic fracture is bone mineral density (BMD), and BMD variance has been shown through twin and family studies to be determined genetically in some cases up to 85% (the majority of genes as yet undefined). Attempts to identify these genes has proved challenging, genome-wid...

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Main Author: Parsons, Claire A.
Published: University of Aberdeen 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.408968