Introduction of the IBD information into the weighted pairwise correlation method for linkage analysis

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-50

  Zinn Justin, Anne ^a   Abel, Laurent ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

IBD information; Incomplete marker data; Linkage analysis; Non parametric method; WPC approach

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032819780     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2272(1999)17:1<35::aid-gepi3>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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