Power of linkage versus association analysis of quantitative traits, by use of variance-components models, for sibship data

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1616-1630

  Sham, P C ^a   Cherny, S S ^a,b   Purcell, S ^a   Hewitt, J K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; VARIANCE;

EID: 0033927466     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302891     Document Type: Article

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