Springer Protocols: Abstract: 2. A History of Association Mapping

2. A History of Association Mapping

By: Newton E. Morton²

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The current exciting developments in association mapping are founded on theory, which has been developed since the beginning of the last century. I hereby review these developments in their historical context.

Affiliation(s): (2) Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Group, Human Genetics Division, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK

Book Title: Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping: Analysis and Applications

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 376 | Pub. Date: Aug-23-2007 | Page Range: 17-21 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-389-9_2

Subject: Genetics/Genomics

Key Words: Neutral theory - linkage analysis - Malecot model - composite likelihood - genome scan

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