On the probability of dizygotic twins being concordant for two alleles at multiple polymorphic loci

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-197

  Nyholt, Dale R ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 33645749049     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776382383     Document Type: Article

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