Haplotype phasing and inheritance of copy number variants in nuclear families.

DNA copy number variants (CNVs) that alter the copy number of a particular DNA segment in the genome play an important role in human phenotypic variability and disease susceptibility. A number of CNVs overlapping with genes have been shown to confer risk to a variety of human diseases thus highlight...

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Main Authors: Priit Palta, Lauris Kaplinski, Liina Nagirnaja, Andres Veidenberg, Märt Möls, Mari Nelis, Tõnu Esko, Andres Metspalu, Maris Laan, Maido Remm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4390228?pdf=render