supported by the 863 Project(Grant No.2001AA221102);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No.031673);the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Foundation(Grant Nos.2002Z3-C7191&2004Z3-C7501);the China Medical Board of New York(Grant No.01-759).
Genetic variations and their functional implications have been one of the focuses in recent genome research. With the release of the HapMap by the International Consortium, and the availability of the ultra-high-volum...