An Icelandic example of the impact of population structure on association studies

Agnar Helgason; Bryndís Yngvadóttir; Birgir Hrafnkelsson; Jeffrey R. Gulcher; Kāri Stefánsson

doi:10.1038/ng1492

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BiologyGenetic associationSpurious relationshipIcelandicGeneticsPopulationAlleleGenetic structureEvolutionary biologyAllele frequencyMendelian inheritanceGenetic variationDemographyGenotypeGeneStatisticsSingle-nucleotide polymorphism

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Year: 2004
Type: article
Volume: 37
Issue: 1
Pages: 90-95
Citations: 285
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                                    Agnar Helgason, 
                                
                                    Bryndís Yngvadóttir, 
                                
                                    Birgir Hrafnkelsson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            An Icelandic example of the impact of population structure on association studies. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 37
                            (1)
                            , 90-95.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1492
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng1492