Score Tests for Epistasis Models on Quantitative Traits Using General Pedigree Data

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 314-326

  Wang, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Likelihood ratio statistic; QTL; Score statistic; Variance component

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPISTASIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MODEL; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 0344394989     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10266     Document Type: Article

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