Article
Methods: genetic epidemiology.
The Psychiatric clinics of North America - 1 Mar 2010
Benke Kelly S, Fallin M Daniele
Abstract excerpt
Given the potential benefits of gene identification in psychiatry, genetic epidemiology has become a mainstream discipline within the field. This article discusses the main tools for gene discovery. The focus is on the designs and analytic approaches for each of these methods. Because most gene discovery has now moved to genetic association studies, and most recently to genome-wide association studies, the focus...
Topics
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Variation
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mental Disorders
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide