A collaborative linkage study of melanoma families that are not linked to known melanoma loci has been inititated this fiscal year. Power studies have been performed to pick the most informative families for the search for an additional melanoma locus and genotyping has recently been started on these samples.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
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Intramural Research (Z01)
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1Z01HG000112-01
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6162619
Study Section
Molecular Genetics B Study Section (MGB)
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1
Fiscal Year
1997
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National Human Genome Research Institute
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United States
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Gillanders, Elizabeth; Juo, Suh-Hang Hank; Holland, Elizabeth A et al. (2003) Localization of a novel melanoma susceptibility locus to 1p22. Am J Hum Genet 73:301-13