Two-level Haseman-Elston regression for general pedigree data analysis

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-22

  Wang, Tao ^a   Elston, Robert C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Iterative generalized least squares; Linkage analysis; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HASEMAN ELSTON METHOD; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 21344445009     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20075     Document Type: Article

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