Multi-locus nonparametric linkage analysis of complex trait loci with neural networks

Human Heredity

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 275-284

  Lucek, Paul ^a   Hanke, Jens ^b   Reich, Jens ^b   Solla, Sara A ^c,d   Ott, Jürg ^a,e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affected sib pairs; Complex trait; Gene mapping; Linkage analysis; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 0031718876     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022816     Document Type: Article

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