Commingling analysis of the distribution of a phenotype conditioned on two marker genotypes: Application to plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme levels

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 615-625

  Barrett, Jennifer H ^a   Foy, Carole A ^a   Grant, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angiotensin converting enzyme; commingling analysis; mixture distributions

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030482436     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:6<615::AID-GEPI7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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