Models of human genetic disease: How biased are the standard formulae?

Genetical Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-114

  Hastings, Ian M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTRUS; FAMILY SIZE; FETUS DEATH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MORTALITY; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; RECESSIVE GENE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REPRODUCTION; SICKLE CELL; SOCIETY; STATISTICS; THEORY;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0034052726     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399003961     Document Type: Article

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