A test of linkage for complex discrete and continuous traits in nuclear families

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 382-392

  Tritchler, David ^a   Liu, Ying ^b   Fallah, Shafagh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Continuous trait; Covariates; Discrete trait; Gene environment interaction; Gene gene interaction; Generalized linear model; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

GENES;

CONTINUOUS TRAIT; COVARIATES; DISCRETE TRAIT; EXPONENTIAL FAMILY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENE-GENE INTERACTION; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GENETIC LINKAGE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; SCORE TEST;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

GENETICS; MODELING;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037869507     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0420.00045     Document Type: Article

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