Implementation of a combined association-linkage model for quantitative traits in linear mixed model procedures of statistical packages

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-333

  Beem, A Leo ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

DISEASES IN TWINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOFTWARE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33745746666     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706777591272     Document Type: Review

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