A general statistical framework for unifying interval and linkage disequilibrium mapping: Toward high-resolution mapping of quantitative traits

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 469, 2005, Pages 158-171

  Lou, Xiang Yang ^a   Casella, George ^a   Todhunter, Rory J ^b   Yang, Mark C K ^a   Wu, Rongling ^a,c  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Interval mapping; Linkage disequilibrium; Maximum liklihood estimate; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944380898     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214504000001295     Document Type: Article

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