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Nature Genetics 37, 177–181 (1 February 2005) | doi:10.1038/ng1510

Admixture mapping for hypertension loci with genome-scan markers

Xiaofeng Zhu , Amy Luke , Richard S Cooper , Tom Quertermous , Craig Hanis , Tom Mosley , C Charles Gu , Hua Tang , Dabeeru C Rao , Neil Risch & Alan Weder

Identification of genetic variants that contribute to risk of hypertension is challenging. As a complement to linkage and candidate gene association studies, we carried out admixture mapping using genome-scan microsatellite markers among the African American participants in the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Family Blood Pressure Program.