Identifying modifier genes of monogenic disease: strategies and difficulties. - Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale Access content directly
Journal Articles Human Genetics Year : 2008

Identifying modifier genes of monogenic disease: strategies and difficulties.

Abstract

Substantial clinical variability is observed in many Mendelian diseases, so that patients with the same mutation may develop a very severe form of disease, a mild form or show no symptoms at all. Among the factors that may explain these differences in disease expression are modifier genes. In this paper, we review the different strategies that can be used to identify modifier genes and explain their advantages and limitations. We focus mainly on the statistical aspects but illustrate our points with a variety of examples from the literature.

Domains

Genetics
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
ModifyierGenes-genin-feingold-clerget_2008.pdf (137.06 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
inserm-00321509_edited.pdf (235.24 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origin : Files produced by the author(s)
Origin : Files produced by the author(s)
Loading...

Dates and versions

inserm-00321509 , version 1 (15-09-2009)

Identifiers

Cite

Emmanuelle Genin, Josué Feingold, Françoise Clerget-Darpoux. Identifying modifier genes of monogenic disease: strategies and difficulties.. Human Genetics, 2008, 124 (4), pp.357-68. ⟨10.1007/s00439-008-0560-2⟩. ⟨inserm-00321509⟩
106 View
959 Download

Altmetric

Share

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More