Power of QTL detection using association tests with family controls

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 819-827

  Hernández Sánchez, Jules ^a   Haley, Chris S ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Linkage disequilibrium; Power; Robustness; TDT

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 17544388206     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201042     Document Type: Article

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