A general test of association for quantitative traits in nuclear families

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 279-292

  Abecasis, G R ^a   Cardon, L R ^a   Cookson, W O C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033909546     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302698     Document Type: Article

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