A comparison between different designs and tests to detect QTLs in association studies

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-256

  Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Association study; Population stratification; Power; QTL; Structural equation modeling; Transmission disequilibrium test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032736322     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021690206763     Document Type: Article

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