An efficient algorithm for calculating the likelihood for a pedigree with short inbred loops

Genetika

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1294-1301

  Aulchnko, Yu S ^a   Axenovich, T I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PEDIGREE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0033183466     PISSN: 00166758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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