The effect of linkage disequilibrium on linkage analysis of incomplete pedigrees

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages

  Levinson, Douglas F ^a   Holmans, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; SIBLING;

ALCOHOLISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PEDIGREE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 30344442018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-S1-S6     Document Type: Article

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