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SUBMITTER: Klein AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3176073 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Klein Alison P AP Duggal Priya P Lee Kristine E KE Cheng Ching-Yu CY Klein Ronald R Bailey-Wilson Joan E JE Klein Barbara E K BE
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 20110713 8
<h4>Purpose</h4>Refraction, as measured by spherical equivalent, is the need for an external lens to focus images on the retina. While genetic factors play an important role in the development of refractive errors, few susceptibility genes have been identified. However, several regions of linkage have been reported for myopia (2q, 4q, 7q, 12q, 17q, 18p, 22q, and Xq) and for quantitative refraction (1p, 3q, 4q, 7p, 8p, and 11p). To replicate previously identified linkage peaks and to identify nov ...[more]