PLINK: A tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 559-575

  Purcell, Shaun ^a,b   Neale, Benjamin ^a,b,c   Todd Brown, Kathe ^a   Thomas, Lori ^a   Ferreira, Manuel A R ^a   Bender, David ^a,b   Maller, Julian ^a,b   Sklar, Pamela ^a,b   De Bakker, Paul I W ^a,b   Daly, Mark J ^a,b   Sham, Pak C ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548292504     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519795     Document Type: Article

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