Evidence for a gene influencing heart rate on chromosome 5p13-14 in a meta-analysis of genome-wide scans from the NHLBI Family Blood Pressure Program

Jason M Laramie^1,2 , Jemma B Wilk^1,3 , Steven C Hunt⁴ , R Curtis Ellison³ , Aravinda Chakravarti⁵ , Eric Boerwinkle⁶ and Richard H Myers^1,3

¹Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

²Department of Bioinformatics, Boston University, MA, USA

³Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

⁴Cardiovascular Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

⁵Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

⁶Human Genetics Center, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA