A twin-pronged attack on complex traits

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 387-392

  Martin, Nicholas ^a   Boomsma, Dorret ^b   Machin, Geoffrey ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW;

EID: 0030662348     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1297-387     Document Type: Review

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