Sentences with phrase «wide linkage studies»

His work on statistical standards for genome - wide linkage studies has transformed experimental design and become the gold standard for such experiments.

Leveraging deCODE's ability to conduct genome - wide linkage studies using large extended families from across the population, the company's scientists were able to approach anxiety as a broadly defined disorder that encompasses all of these complexities.

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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 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.

Linkage disequilibrium may extend for megabases within some breeds, compared with only tens of kilobases in humans, making genome - wide studies more economical in dogs [7].

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