Markov Chain Monte Carlo approaches to analysis of genetic and environmental components of human developmental change and G x E interaction

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-299

  Eaves, Lindon ^a   Erkanli, Alaattin ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; G x E interaction, hierarchical mixed models; Gibbs sampling; Growth curves; Longitudinal studies; Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TWINS;

EID: 0037762728     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023446524917     Document Type: Article

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