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Laboratory of Population Genetics

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Research

The Laboratory of Population Genetics (LPG) utilizes genetic analysis to gain insight into human biologic processes. Until recently, genetic dissection of phenotypes had been largely limited to investigations in experimental organisms. The dawn of the postgenome era presents the opportunity to extend these investigations to humans. It is the major goal of this laboratory to exploit emerging resources and technology in order to understand the genetic basis of the complex phenotypes related to human cancer. The program focuses on both the development of the resources and methods necessary to achieve these goals as well as the application of the methods in characterizing the molecular genetic epidemiology of disease. The LPG is organized around three interrelated areas: human genetic mapping, genetic phenotype dissection, and experimental organism genetics.

This page was last updated on 12/16/2005.