A graph-theoretic approach to the partition of individuals into full-sib families

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2243-2250

  Beyer, Jennifer ^a   May, Bernie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Full sib families; Graph theory; Pedigree reconstruction; Population; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0042707914     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01886.x     Document Type: Article

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