Sample size calculations for linkage analysis using extreme sib pairs based on segregation analysis with the quantitative phenotype body weight as an example

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 577-593

  Ziegler, Andreas ^a   Hebebrand, Johannes ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Genetic epidemiology; Obesity; Quantitative trait; Selected samples

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIBLING;

BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0031768597     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:6<577::AID-GEPI3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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