QTL mapping under ascertainment

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 867-881

  Peng, Jie ^a   Siegmund, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Efficient score; Gene mapping; Quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; VARIANCE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749557843     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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