Extension of the Haseman-Elston method to multiple alleles and multiple loci: Theory and practice for candidate genes

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-274

  Stoesz, M R ^a   Cohen, J C ^b   Mooser, V ^c   Marcovina, S ^d   Guerra, R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030811897     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480097006179     Document Type: Article

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