1. Introduction to genetics / Eva Halapi and Hakon Hakonarson -- 2. Genetic epidemiology of reduced lung function / Cleo C. van Diemen and H. Marike Boezen -- 3. Gene-environment interaction in asthma / Gerard H. Koppelman and Dirkje S. Postma -- 4. Epistatic interaction, age, and gender effects / Michael Kabesch -- 5. Microarray techniques and data in asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Thomas J. Mariani and Marco F. Ramoni -- 6. Mouse models for asthma and mouse asthma genetics / Benoit Piavaux, Antoon J.M. van Oosterout, and Machteld N. Hylkema -- 7. Generation of genetically manipulated mouse lines for the study of asthma / Stephen L. Tilley, Irving C. Allen, and Beverly H. Koller -- 8. Comparative genomics of asthma / Ioannis M. Stylianou. [et al.] -- 9. Proteomic techniques for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease research / Megan S. Lim and Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson -- 10. Linkage to asthma and its intermediate phenotypes / Timothy D. Howard and Juan C. Celedon -- 11. Linkage analysis of spirometric phenotypes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Dawn L. Demeo, Craig P. Hersh, and Edwin K. Silverman -- 12. Fine mapping and whole genome association studies in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Miriam F. Moffatt and William O.C. Cookson -- 13. Association studies in asthma / Ingrid A. Laing and Peter N. Le Souef -- 14. Association studies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Takeo Ishii and Andrew J. Sandford -- 15. [beta]2- adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and asthmatic phenotypes / Stephen B. Liggett and Ian P. Hall -- 16. Interleukin-13 / Donata Vercelli -- 17. CD14 and toll-like receptors / Stefano Guerra and Fernando D. Martinez -- 18. Pharmacogenetics / Kelan Tantisira and Eugene Bleecker.