Myopia or nearsightedness is the most common reason for the development of impaired vision and visual disability. with a high prevalence around the globe, it has been investigated that among all the visual disabilities myopia is prevailing most rapidly with no discrimination of age and gender. Similarly, estimations have provided the evidence that about 4 billion people are affected from this disease in Pakistan. Myopic families from population of Pakistan were identified and were analyzed by microsatellite marker designed specifically for this disease. Genotypic analysis including Linkage...