Locating genes involved in human diseases

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-76

  Curnow, R M ^a   Morris, A P ^b   Whittaker, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allelic association; Familial data; Gene location; Genetic disease; Genetic linkage; Transmission disequilibrium tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040579295     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00098     Document Type: Article

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