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Positional cloning: single-gene cardiovascular disorders.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2006
Li Duanxiang
Abstract excerpt
Positional cloning is a comprehensive genetic strategy used to identify a disease-causing gene without any prior knowledge of the pathogenesis or protein defects involved in the disease process. The basic process involves collection of accurately diagnosed patients and their family members, genotyping DNAs with polymorphic DNA markers mapped to specific regions on chromosomes, genetic linkage analysis to...
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