Quantitative trait association in parent offspring trios: Extension of case/pseudocontrol method and comparison of prospective and retrospective approaches

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 813-833

  Wheeler, Eleanor ^a   Cordell, Heather J ^b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family based; Imprinting; Regression; TDT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38049025721     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20243     Document Type: Article

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