Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 0316-0325

  Visscher, Peter M ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^a   Ferreira, Manuel A R ^a   Morley, Katherine I ^a   Zhu, Gu ^a   Cornes, Belinda K ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SIBLING; TWINS; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAP; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC MARKER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; SIBLINGS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645760679     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020041     Document Type: Article

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