Exact multipoint quantitative-trait linkage analysis in pedigrees by variance components

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1153-1157

  Pratt, Stephen C ^a,c   Daly, Mark J ^a   Kruglyak, Leonid ^b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0033928381     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302830     Document Type: Article

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