Fitting genetic models using Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms with BUGS

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-342

  Van Den Berg, Stéphanie M ^a   Beem, Leo ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOFTWARE; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33745740845     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706777591399     Document Type: Review

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