Removing the sampling restrictions from family-based tests of association for a quantitative-trait locus

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 576-592

  Monks, S A ^a   Kaplan, N L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SAMPLE;

EID: 0033927575     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302745     Document Type: Article

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