Population-based genetic association studies, popularly known as case-control studies,
have continued to be the most preferred method for deciphering the genetic basis of various …

The study of Genetic Epidemiology has historically focused on the inheritance of genetic
factors and phenotypes within families. In fact, much of genetics involves the study of …

Genetic epidemiology is a relatively new discipline that seeks to elucidate the role of genetic
factors and their interaction with environmental factors in the occurrence of disease in …

Whole-genome and-exome resequencing using next-generation sequencers is a powerful
approach for identifying genomic variations that are associated with diseases. However …

In the 20th century geneticists began to unravel some of the simpler aspects of the etiology
of inherited diseases in humans. The theory of linkage analysis was developed and applied …

Genetic‐association studies are widely expected to unravel the genetic basis of complex
diseases. The population‐based case‐control study, a commonly used approach for …

The Nansei Islands belong to two prefectures, Kagoshima and Okinawa, and consist of
jnany isolated islands. From the viewpoint of human genetics, they can be divided into two …

Genetic dissection of diseases is one of the epoch-making achievements in modern
medicine. Positional cloning is a key method to isolate disease-related genes. For positional …