DNA map("HapMap" from term haplotype) --targets genetic diseases

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In DNA a group of variants that associate together is called a haplotype


http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/10/26/dna.map.ap/index.html

DNA map("HapMap" from term haplotype) --targets genetic diseases
(From Thursday's issue of the journal Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7063/full/4371233a.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7063/pdf/4371233a.pdf )
Wednesday, October 26, 2005; Posted: 1:12 p.m. EDT (17:12 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have mapped patterns of tiny DNA differences that distinguish one person from another, a step that will speed up the search for genes that promote common illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes.

The map represents "a real sea change in how we study the genetics of disease," said Dr. David Altshuler, a leader of the project that included more than 200 researchers from six nations.

Scientists want to find disease-related genes as a means for diagnosis, prediction and developing treatments. Such genes give clues to the biological underpinnings of disease, and so suggest strategies for developing therapies.

Genes that predispose people to common disorders -- heart disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma and others -- are devilishly hard to find.<snip>

http://www.hapmap.org/guidelines_hapmap_data.html.ja

http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/08/06/humangenome.php

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/genome/thegenome/hg04n002.html