Methods of linkage analysis - And the assumptions underlying them

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 931-934

  Elston, Robert C ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032231299     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302073     Document Type: Article

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