Theory and Practice in Quantitative Genetics

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 361-376

  Posthuma, Daniëlle ^a   Beem, A Leo ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Van Baal, G Caroline M ^a   Von Hjelmborg, Jacob B ^b   Lachine, Ivan ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOMETRY; BIOSTATISTICS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA LIBRARY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE; TWINS;

HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TWIN STUDIES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0347364730     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203770326367     Document Type: Review

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