Phenocopies versus Genetic Heterogeneity: Can We Use Phenocopy Frequencies in Linkage Analysis to Compensate for Heterogeneity?

Human Heredity

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 265-273

  Durner, Martina ^a,c   Greenberg, David A ^a,b   Hodge, Susan E ^d  

^a Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Maximized maximum lod score; Mod scores; Phenocopies; Sporadics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; INHERITANCE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0029845714     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154363     Document Type: Article

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