A test for linkage and association in general pedigrees: The pedigree disequilibrium test

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 146-154

  Martin, Eden R ^a   Monks, Stephanie A ^b   Warren, Liling L ^a   Kaplan, Norman L ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MODEL; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033910787     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302957     Document Type: Article

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