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Chapter 2 - A basic overview of contemporary human genetic analysis strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2012

By
Ondrej Libiger  and
Nicholas J. Schork
Edited by
John I. Nurnberger, Jr  and
Wade Berrettini
John I. Nurnberger, Jr
Affiliation:
Indiana University School of Medicine
Wade Berrettini
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Human genetics research has received considerable recent attention as a result of major developments in molecular genetic technologies, large-scale coordinated research initiatives such as the Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project, and major discoveries concerning the genetic basis of disease. The strategies that human geneticists exploit to identify DNA sequence variations that influence disease susceptibility leverage an understanding of the behavior of sequence variations when transmitted from parents to offspring across generations either within a specific family, among a set of families, or in the population at large. In this brief review we describe the basic principles behind the most widely used human genetic strategies to identify inherited disease susceptibility factors. We also point out the limitations and issues that plague these strategies as well as areas for further study.

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Principles of Psychiatric Genetics , pp. 13 - 22
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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