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Genome-wide linkage analysis for smoking-related regions, with replication in two ethnically diverse populations.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 1 Sept 2007
Pomerleau Ovide F, Pomerleau Cynthia S, Chu Jian, Kardia Sharon L R
Abstract excerpt
As part of the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy, hypertensive sibships were collected and smoking behavior recorded. Using an affected sibpair design and genome-wide microsatellite data markers ( approximately 10 cM coverage), we identified 214 non-Hispanic White sibships (502 sibpairs) from Rochester, Minnesota (M (age) [SD] = 55.68 years [10.56]) and 206 Black sibships (376 sibpairs) from Jackson,...
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