The International HapMap Project
Richard A. Gibbs, John W. Belmont, Paul Hardenbol, T. D. Willis, Fuli Yu, Huanming Yang, Lan-Yang Ch'ang, Wei Huang, Bin Liu, Yan Shen, Paul Kwong Hang Tam, Lap-Chee Tsui, Mary Miu Yee Waye, J. Tze‐Fei Wong, Changqing Zeng, Qingrun Zhang, Illumina, Mark S. Chee, Luana Galver, Semyon Kruglyak, Sarah S. Murray, Arnold Oliphant, Alexandre Montpetit, Thomas J. Hudson, Fanny Chagnon, Vincent Ferretti, Martin Leboeuf, Michael Phillips, Andrei Verner, Pui-Yan Kwok, Shenghui Duan, Denise L. Lind, Raymond D. Miller, John P. Rice, Nancy L. Saccone, Patricia Taillon‐Miller, Ming Xiao, Yusuke Nakamura, Akihiro Sekine, Koki Sorimachi, Toshihiro Tanaka, Yoïchi Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Eiji Yoshino, David Bentley, Panos Deloukas, Sarah Hunt, Don Powell, David Altshuler, Stacey B. Gabriel, Houcan Zhang, Ichiro Matsuda, Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Darryl Macer, Eiko Suda, Charles N. Rotimi, Clement Adebamowo, Toyin Aniagwu, Patricia A. Marshall, Olayemi Matthew, Chibuzor Nkwodimmah, Charmaine D. M. Royal, Mark Leppert, MissyThe goal of the International HapMap Project is to determine the common patterns of DNA sequence variation in the human genome and to make this information freely available in the public domain. An international consortium is developing a map of these patterns across the genome by determining the genotypes of one million or more sequence variants, their frequencies and the degree of association between them, in DNA samples from populations with ancestry from parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. The HapMap will allow the discovery of sequence variants that affect common disease, will facilitate development of diagnostic tools, and will enhance our ability to choose targets for therapeutic intervention.
Nature · 2003