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Primer: SNP-associated studies and what they can teach us.
Nature clinical practice. Rheumatology - 1 Apr 2008
Yamada Ryo
Abstract excerpt
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are single base-pair alterations in the DNA sequence that represent a major source of genetic heterogeneity. Well-developed and sophisticated technologies exist to measure and analyze the presence of SNPs, and SNP genotyping is an important tool with which to investigate other genetic variants. SNP-based, large-scale, genome-wide association studies are detecting many...
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