Testing for linkage under robust genetic models

Human Heredity

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 146-153

  Guerra, R ^a   Wan, Y ^c   Jia, A ^a   Amos, C I ^d   Cohen, J C ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Linkage; Monte Carlo; Significance test; Variance components

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; VARIANCE;

ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032977847     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022863     Document Type: Article

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