A note on the asymptotic distribution of likelihood ratio tests to test variance components

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 490-495

  Visscher, Peter M ^a,b,c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TWINS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TWINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750127274     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706778024928     Document Type: Article

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