HLODs remain powerful tools for detection of linkage in the presence of genetic heterogeneity (multiple letters)

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 556-558

  Hodge, Susan E ^a   Vieland, Veronica J ^c   Greenberg, David A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; LETTER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0036152559     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338923     Document Type: Letter

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