The Structure of Linkage Disequilibrium at the DBH Locus Strongly Influences the Magnitude of Association between Diallelic Markers and Plasma Dopamine β-Hydroxylase Activity
Zabetian CP, Buxbaum SG, Elston RC, Köhnke MD, Anderson GM, Gelernter J, Cubells JF. The Structure of Linkage Disequilibrium at the DBH Locus Strongly Influences the Magnitude of Association between Diallelic Markers and Plasma Dopamine β-Hydroxylase Activity. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2003, 72: 1389-1400. PMID: 12730829, PMCID: PMC1180300, DOI: 10.1086/375499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantitative trait lociHuman genomeDBH locusLow haplotype diversityTotal phenotypic varianceLarge-scale association studiesLinkage disequilibrium mappingDiallelic markersPutative functional polymorphismsComplex traitsHaplotype diversityGenomewide scaleObserved chromosomesHaplotype mapPhenotypic varianceGenomewide basisDegree of LDAssociation studiesDisequilibrium mappingUpstream regionHaplotype blocksLinkage disequilibriumLociDistinct populationsGenome