GeneCanvas Summary

The Gene Canvas website houses information under the following searchable indexes: -

Articles/supplements: supplements to published articles
Articles/short reports: results published online but not in journals
Articles/debates and Opinions: discuss hot topics
Links: external links to access interesting web sites
Downloads: to download software developed in this lab
Genes: all genes investigated with links to their polymorphisms and related experimental and statistical information
Studies: list of studies of interest to investigate the genetics of cardiovascular disorders
Polymorphisms: the complete list of polymorphisms
Miscellaneous: sequence data

A typical gene entry contains data on gene name and symbol, the old Locuslink ID (that will redirect to Entrez gene) the Gene bank accession number, the chromosome location, details of polymorphisms, studies, statistical data, some citations and a contact for more information. A typical statistical data section contains information on the polymorphisms (detailing the alleles), the allele frequencies, some pairwise LD estimates, haplotype frequency estimates and an estimation of heterozygosity.

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