Evaluation of analyses of univariate discrete twin data

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-227

  Sullivan, Patrick F ^a   Eaves, Lindon J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Genetic epidemiology; Parsimony; Simulation; Statistics; Twin modeling; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; SIMULATION; TWINS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; TWINS;

EID: 0036318024     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016025229858     Document Type: Article

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