Selected methodological issues in meiotic mapping of obesity genes in humans: Issues of power and efficiency

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-421

  Allison, David B ^a,f   Schork, Nicholas J ^b,c,d,e  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^f ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disequilibrium mapping; Efficiency; Extreme sampling; Linkage; Meiotic mapping; Methodological issues; Obesity genes; Power

Indexed keywords

DNA;

GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; SIBLING;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030854317     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025696232582     Document Type: Review

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