Abstract

Genome-wide haplotype association mapping (HAM) in inbred mouse strains emerged as an efficient method for identifying novel quantitative trait loci for disease-related phenotypes. In this issue of Kidney International, Tsaih et al. present the results of the first HAM for age-related kidney damage in mice and examine the detected loci in the context of the human genome-wide association study for diabetic nephropathy.

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