Genetic mapping of complex traits: Promises, problems, and prospects

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Guo, Sun Wei ^a   Lange, Kenneth ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT;

EID: 0034073938     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2000.1449     Document Type: Review

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