Software for quantitative trait analysis

Human Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-195

  Almasy, Laura ^a   Warren, Diane M ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Linkage analysis; QTL; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERNET; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PENETRANCE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 28044442715     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-2-3-191     Document Type: Review

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