A new family-based association test via a least-squares method

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages

  Yang, Song ^a   Joo, Jungnam ^a   Feng, Ziding ^b   Lin, Jing Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; FEMALE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; METHODOLOGY;

FAMILY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS;

EID: 30344441389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-S1-S110     Document Type: Article

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