Genetic linkage methods for quantitative traits

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-25

  Amos, C I ^a   De Andrade, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035058540     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096228001677031143     Document Type: Review

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