Improving the robustness of the weighted pairwise correlation test for linkage analysis

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 559-573

  Commenges, Daniel ^a   Abel, Laurent ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

linkage; permutation; robustness; score test; WPC approach

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; PEDIGREE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0030454522     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:6<559::AID-GEPI3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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