Comparison of sib-pair and variance-components methods for genomic screening

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 867-872

  Pugh, Elizabeth W ^a   Jaquish, Cashell E ^a   Sorant, Alexa J M ^a   Doetsch, Jennifer P ^b   Bailey Wilson, Joan E ^a   Wilson, Alexander F ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Linkage; Sib pair method; Statistical power; Type I error; Variance components method

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COVARIANCE; FAMILY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SIBLING; STATISTICS; VARIANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031458786     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:6<867::AID-GEPI51>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Conference Paper

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