Variance components models for gene-environment interaction in quantitative trait locus linkage analysis

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 572-576

  Purcell, Shaun ^a   Sham, Pak ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; TWINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TWINS;

EID: 0036916165     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905202762342035     Document Type: Article

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