A permutation test for the robust sib-pair linkage method

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Wan, Y ^a   Cohen, J ^b   Guerra, R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HERITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031054384     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003480096005957     Document Type: Article

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