Bias toward the null hypothesis in model-free linkage analysis is highly dependent on the test statistic used

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1294-1302

  Cordell, Heather J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VARIANCE;

FALCO COLUMBARIUS;

EID: 2442705555     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421476     Document Type: Article

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