Gene-environment interaction and the mapping of complex traits: Some statistical models and their implications

Human Heredity

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 286-303

  Guo, Sun Wei ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex traits; Gene mapping; Gene environment interaction; Heritability; Recurrence risk ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034131350     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022931     Document Type: Article

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