First Genetic Study
1923 AF. Coca.J Immunol 8:163-171
First Linkage Study (AB0 blood group)
1936. I. Zieve, Ann Hum Gen 7:4074, 163-178
First Molecular Study (HLA)
1973 D. Marsh, Science 179:4074, 691-3
Second Linkage Study (SLC14A1)
1985, H. Eiberg, Cytogenet Cell Genet 40: 622 -journal discontinued, no online archive-
Third Linkage Study (11q31) – questionable results –
1989 W. Cookson, Lancet 1:8650, 1292-5
First Modern Family Study
1992 S. Dold, Arch Dis Child 67:8, 1018-22
First gene (Fc∈RI-β)
1993 A.J.Sandford, The Lancet 341:8, 332-334
First true gene (IL4)
1994 D. Marsh, Science 264:5162, 1152-6
First Genomewide Linkage Scan
1996 S. Daniels, Nature 383:6597, 247-50
Transatlantic Airway Conference Key Biscayne FL
1997 N. Zamel (only reported later by Thompson 2003 and Duffy 2019)
Second Genomewide Linkage Scan
1997 CSGA Nature Genetics 15:389-392
Third Genomewide Linkage Scan
1999 M. Wjst, Genomics 58:1-8
First GWAS
2007 M. Moffatt, Nat Genet 15:389-392
Second GWAS
2008 C. Ober, NEJM 358: 1682-91