X-linked extension of the revised Haseman-Elston algorithm for linkage analysis in sib pairs

Human Heredity

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Wiener, Howard ^a,c   Elston, Robert C ^b   Tiwari, Hemant K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RYALS 217D ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Haseman Elston; IBD WQTL; Model free; Sib pairs; X linkage

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VARIANCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0041884853     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072314     Document Type: Article

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