Sibling-based tests of linkage and association for quantitative traits

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1754-1764

  Allison, David B ^a,c   Heo, Moonseong ^a   Kaplan, Norman ^d   Martin, Eden R ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SAMPLE; SIBLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033358532     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302404     Document Type: Article

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