Comparison of nonparametric statistics for detection of linkage in nuclear families: Single-marker evaluation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1431-1444

  Davis, Sean ^a   Weeks, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031455789     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301635     Document Type: Article

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