Reformulating and simplifying the DF analysis model

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometrical modeling; DF analysis; Estimation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FERTILITY; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TWINS;

FERTILITY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 16244392093     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-1020-y     Document Type: Article

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