Linkage analysis of quantitative trait loci: Sib pairs or sibships

Human Heredity

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-256

  Alcaïs, Alexandre ^a,b   Abel, Laurent ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Section of Radiology   (France)

Author keywords

Linkage analysis; Maximum likelihood binomial; Quantitative trait locus; Selected sib pair; Sibships

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034014165     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022925     Document Type: Article

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