Detailed analysis of the relative power of direct and indirect association studies and the implications for their interpretation

Human Heredity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-73

  Moskvina, V ^a   O'Donovan, M C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association studies; Power; Tagging SNPs (tSNPs)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EFFECT SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 34247576159     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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