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Mapping of a blood pressure quantitative trait locus to chromosome 15q in a Chinese population.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 1999
Xu X, Yang J, Rogus J, Chen C, Schork N, Xu X
Abstract excerpt
Blood pressure is a complex trait of pivotal biological importance, in which 20-50% of interindividual variation is genetically determined. Whereas genes have been identified in several rare Mendelian forms of hypertension, little progress has been made in understanding the genetics of blood pressure variation in the general population. Recently, we screened the human genome using rural Chinese sibling pairs with...
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