A classical setting for associations between markers and loci affecting quantitative traits

Genetical Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-277

  Nielsen, Dahlia M ^a   Weir, B S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GAMETE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 0033394503     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399004231     Document Type: Article

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