Zygosity diagnosis in the absence of genotypic data: An approach using latent class analysis

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-26

  Heath, Andrew C ^a   Nyholt, Dale R ^b   Neuman, Rosalind ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Todd, Richard D ^a   Nelson, Elliot C ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SCREENING; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0037323041     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203762687861     Document Type: Article

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