Computing probabilities of homozygosity by descent

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-149

  Schäffer, Alejandro A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Autozygosity; Dynamic programming; Genetics; Homozygosity; Identity by descent; Recessive diseases

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

ALGORITHMS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0344141246     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1999)16:2<135::AID-GEPI2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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