Mixed-effects variance components models for biometric family analyses

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 631-652

  McArdle, John J ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel mixed effect models; Multivariate twin and family data analysis; Structural equation model algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COVARIANCE; FAMILY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; PHENOTYPE; VARIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; SOFTWARE; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 25144479869     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-2868-1     Document Type: Article

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