Probability models and the applicability of statistical procedures in the identification of chromosomal fragile sites

Biometrics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1028-1031

  Dahm, P Fred ^a   Olmsted, Ann W ^a,b   Greenbaum, Ira F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CV THERAPEUTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal breakage data; Fragile sites; Probability models; Test statistics

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; CHROMOSOMAL BREAKAGE DATA; FRAGILE SITE; HUMAN GENETICS; PROBABILITY MODELLING; SITE IDENTIFICATION; SITE MODELING; STATISTIC MODELING; TEST STATISTICS;

CHROMOSOMES;

BIOMETRY; CHROMOSOME; GENETICS;

ALGORITHM; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036969366     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2002.01028.x     Document Type: Review

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