Standardizing a composite measure of linkage disequilibrium

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-239

  Hamilton, D C ^a   Cole, D E C ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GAMETE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RECEPTORS, CALCIUM-SENSING; STATISTICS;

EID: 4444313733     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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