Variance calculations for identity-by-descent estimation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 914-921

  McQueen, Matthew B ^a,c   Blacker, Deborah ^a,b   Laird, Nan M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Building II ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT SIZE; ERROR; EVALUATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IDENTITY BY DESCENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING; STANDARD; VARIANCE;

EID: 33646864286     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503920     Document Type: Article

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