2007
A genomic imprinting test for ordinal traits in pedigree data
Feng R, Zhang H. A genomic imprinting test for ordinal traits in pedigree data. Genetic Epidemiology 2007, 32: 132-142. PMID: 17922481, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex genetic basisOrdinal traitsIdentical nucleotide sequencesGenomic imprintingNumerous common diseasesNovel lociNucleotide sequenceComplex inheritanceGenetic basisChromosome 3Non-genetic covariatesHuman disordersLinkage analysisHuman diseasesGenetics of AlcoholismChromosome 18Continuous traitsTraitsPedigree dataBinary traitsOrigin effectsImprinting testLociStrong signalImprinting
1997
Strategies to Identify Genes for Complex Diseases
Zhang H, Zhao H, Merikangas K. Strategies to Identify Genes for Complex Diseases. Annals Of Medicine 1997, 29: 493-498. PMID: 9562515, DOI: 10.3109/07853899709007473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex diseasesNumerous human diseasesDisease-susceptible genesComplex human disordersHuman genomeGenetic basisHuman disordersHuman diseasesMolecular biologyGenesGenetic epidemiological studiesGenetic factorsComplex patternsDisease pathophysiologyGenomeBiologyTraitsInheritanceMultiple sclerosisBreast cancerEpidemiological studies