A comparative study of sibship tests of linkage and/or association

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1507-1516

  Monks, S A ^a,b   Kaplan, N L ^a   Weir, B S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0032231362     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302104     Document Type: Article

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