Regression-based sib pair linkage analysis for binary traits

Human Heredity

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 125-131

  Zeegers, Maurice P A ^a,b   Rice, John P ^c   Rijsdijk, Frühling V ^b   Abecasis, Goncalo R ^d   Sham, Pak C ^b,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Binary traits; Haseman Elston; Linkage; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NULL ALLELE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; SIMULATION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0042886971     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072317     Document Type: Article

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