Affected sib-pair methods for detecting linkage to dichotomous traits: Review of the methodology

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1025-1040

  Holmans, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affected sib pairs; Dichotomous traits; Linkage; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; METHODS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032404074     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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