Bookeditor M. Dawn Teare.
Contents:
Molecular genetics and genetic variation / Mohammed-Elfatih Twfieg and M. Dawn Teare
Terminology, concepts, and models in genetic epidemiology / M. Dawn Teare and Mauro F. Santibàñez Koref
An introduction to epidemiology / Cother Hajat
Genetic distance and markers used in linkage mapping / Kristina Allen-Brady and Nicola J. Camp
Approaches to genetic linkage analysis / M. Dawn Teare
Fine-scale structure of the genome and markers used in association mapping / Karen Curtin and Nicola J. Camp
Genome-wide association studies / Mark M. Iles
Candidate gene association studies / M. Dawn Teare
Family-based association studies / Frank Dudbridge
Genome variation : a review of web resources / Andrew Collins and William J. Tapper
Advanced methods in twin studies / Jaakko Kaprio and Karri Silventoinen
Mendelian randomisation : a tool for assessing causality in observational epidemiology / Nuala A. Sheehan, Sha Meng, and Vanessa Didelez
Copy number variation / Louise V. Wain and Martin D. Tobin
Epigenetic variation / Kevin Walters
Modeling the effect of susceptibility factors (HLA and PTPN22) in rheumatoid arthritis / Hervé Perdry and Françoise Clerget-Darpoux
Coronary artery disease : an example case study / Jennifer H. Barrett
The genetic epidemiology of obesity : a case study / Laura M. Johnson.