Sentences with phrase «genetic linkage study»

And the kind of DNA analysis used, known as a genetic linkage study, has largely been superseded by other techniques.

He is currently completing the largest - ever genetic linkage studies of schizophrenia, involving nearly 800 families, and heroin addiction, with more than 1,000 families.

Not exact matches

Linkage studies use genetic markers, which act like signposts, pointing researchers to the general area on the chromosome where genes associated with certain traits likely reside.

In the meantime, the genetic linkage technique has largely been replaced with genome - wide association (GWA) studies.

Scientists for years have looked for the biological roots of the problem using tools such as genome - wide association studies and gene - linkage analysis, which crunch genetic and health data from thousands of people in an effort to pinpoint disease - causing genetic variants.

The new method allows for the detection of polymorphisms between individuals, which will be useful for downstream applications such as marker - assisted selection, linkage and QTL mapping, and genetic diversity studies.

Both pedigree - based and population - based linkage analyses rely on estimating recent IBD, and evidence of ancient IBD can be used to detect population structure in genetic association studies.

The deCODE study is the largest population genetic study ever carried out in patients with essential hypertension — high blood pressure without a known secondary cause — and reports the strongest genome - wide linkage of any research on this condition to date.

deCODE study published this month reveals the strongest genetic linkage ever found to the common form of the condition.

CSGB scientists conduct studies aimed at understanding complex genetic diseases and developing new statistical methods and software to analyze data sets emanating from large - scale genetic association and linkage studies.

Meanwhile, a comparison of aggressive and non-aggressive golden retrievers using mutation screens, linkage analysis, an association study and a quantitative genetic analysis failed to find evidence linking human - directed aggression with the serotonergic genes htr1a, htr1b, htr2a and slc6a4 [108].

The most common molecular genetic study is called linkage analysis.

Genetic research comprises formal genetic studies, candidate gene studies, linkage analyses, and recently large - scale genome wide association studies, gene - environement interaction studies, and pharmacogeGenetic research comprises formal genetic studies, candidate gene studies, linkage analyses, and recently large - scale genome wide association studies, gene - environement interaction studies, and pharmacogegenetic studies, candidate gene studies, linkage analyses, and recently large - scale genome wide association studies, gene - environement interaction studies, and pharmacogenetics.