Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Diagnostics

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-257

  Rogatko, André ^a   Slifker, Michael J ^a   Babb, James S ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian credible regions; Hypothesis testing; Invariance

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0036835630     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2002.1613     Document Type: Article

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