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PMID
18668208
TITLE
Whole genome approaches to quantitative genetics.
ABSTRACT
Apart from parent-offspring pairs and clones, relative pairs vary in the proportion of the genome that they share identical by descent. In the past, quantitative geneticists have used the expected value of sharing genes by descent to estimate genetic parameters and predict breeding values. With the possibility to genotype individuals for many markers across the genome it is now possible to empirically estimate the actual relationship between relatives. We review some of the theory underlying the variation in genetic identity, show applications to estimating genetic variance for height in humans and discuss other applications.
DATE PUBLISHED
2009 Jun
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2008/07/15
accepted 2008/07/16
aheadofprint 2008/07/31
pubmed 2008/08/01 09:00
medline 2009/07/14 09:00
entrez 2008/08/01 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Visscher PM Visscher Peter M PM Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia. peter.visscher@qimr.edu.au
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 136
ISSUE: 2
TITLE: Genetica
ISOABBREVIATION: Genetica
YEAR: 2009
MONTH: Jun
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1573-6857
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Genetica
COUNTRY: Netherlands
ISSNLINKING: 0016-6707
NLMUNIQUEID: 0370740
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Genetic Variation
Genome, Human genetics
Genomics methods
Humans methods
Reproducibility of Results methods
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
OTHER ID's