The massive amount of SNP data stored at public internet sites provides unprecedented access to human genetic variation. Selecting target SNP for disease-gene association studies is currently done more or less randomly as decision rules for the selection of functional relevant SNPs are not available.
Gruppe Molekulare Epidemiologie, Institut für Epidemiologie, GSF - Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85758 Neuherberg/Munich, Germany. wjst@gsf.de
