Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination
    Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2001 Mar;3(1):7-15.

    The search for allelic variants that cause monogenic disorders or predispose to common, complex polygenic phenotypes.

    Source

    Division of Medical Genetics, University of Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.

    Abstract

    The search for the mutant genes for monogenic disorders has been a spectacular success. This was accomplished because of the mapping and sequencing of the human genome, the determination of the sequence variability, the collection of well-characterized families with mendelian disorders, the development of statistical methods for linkage analysis, and laboratory methods for mutation search. The challenge of the genetic medicine is now to decipher the nucleotide sequence variants that predispose to common complex, polygenic phenotypes. The methodology for this challenge is in development and constant evolution, it is anticipated that, in the next 10 to 20 years, susceptibility alleles for these common disorders will be identified.

    PMID:
    22034389
    [PubMed - in process]
    PMCID:
    PMC3181641
    Free PMC Article

    Images from this publication.See all images (1) Free text

    Figure 1.

      Supplemental Content

      Icon for PubMed Central

      Save items

      loading

      Recent activity

      Your browsing activity is empty.

      Activity recording is turned off.

      Turn recording back on

      See more...
      Write to the Help Desk