The quantitative LOD score: Test statistic and sample size for exclusion and linkage of quantitative traits in human sibships

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 962-968

  Page, Grier P ^a,b   Amos, Christopher I ^b   Boerwinkle, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031949064     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301783     Document Type: Article

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