Generating consistent genotypic configurations for multi-allelic loci and large complex pedigrees

Human Heredity

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Heath, Simon C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex pedigrees; Genotype configurations; Genotype elimination; Gibbs sampling; Multi allelic loci; Peeling

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0031961877     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022775     Document Type: Article

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