A sibship test for linkage in the presence of association: The sib transmission/disequilibrium test

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 450-458

  Spielman, Richard S ^a   Ewens, Warren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031912715     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301714     Document Type: Article

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