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Study design for genetic analysis in the Jackson Heart Study.
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2005
Wilson James G, Rotimi Charles N, Ekunwe Lynette, Royal Charmaine D M, Crump Mary E, Wyatt Sharon B, Steffes Michael W, Adeyemo Adebowale, Zhou Jie, Taylor Herman A, Jaquish Cashell
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OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the preparation of genetic materials and the recruitment and initial characterization of a nested Family Study within the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) METHODS: Genomic DNA was prepared from all consenting JHS participants. In addition, family members of a subset of JHS participants were recruited to the JHS Family Study to allow heritability and linkage analyses and family-based...
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