Technological and biological studies of human structural variation

Extensive regions of copy number variation (CNV) located throughout the genome play a significant role in common disease. This thesis describes the study of a structural variation on chromosome 12p13.31, and its involvement in susceptibility to complex disease, specifically the autoimmune disorder r...

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Main Author: Reekie, Katherine Emily
Other Authors: Brookes, Anthony
Published: University of Leicester 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551798