A test of allelic independence based on distributions of allele size differences at microsatellite loci

Human Heredity

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 66-75

  Stivers, David N ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic independence; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030888932     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154394     Document Type: Article

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