The Haplotype Genetic Map (HapMap) is an invaluable resource to the cardiovascular researcher, enabling a decrease in cost and an increase in the efficiency and speed of discoveries in the laboratory.

Phase II of the International HapMap Project has just been published, adding substantial amounts of human genetic variation data to the Phase I release and providing important insights for the ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2007;4(3):136-142. In addition, identification of tag SNPs associated with a given disease allows the HapMap to be used to quickly find candidate genes that can ...