Exact test of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium by Markov chain Monte Carlo

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-340

  Yuan, Ao ^a   Bonney, George E ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele; Exact test; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; GENES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS; TIME SWITCHES;

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; COUNT DATUM; EXACT TESTS; GENETIC STUDIES; HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; SAMPLE SIZES; TESTING METHOD;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DATA ANALYSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0842303621     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/20.4.327     Document Type: Article

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