A comparison of bootstrap methods to construct confidence intervals in QTL mapping

Genetical Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-180

  Walling, Grant A ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^b   Haley, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; INBRED STRAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIMULATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031852387     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672398003164     Document Type: Article

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