LINKGEN: A new algorithm to process data in genetic linkage studies

Genomics

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 544-547

  Secolin, Rodrigo ^a   Rocha, Cristiane S ^a   Torres, Fábio R ^a   Santos, Marilza L ^a   Maurer Morelli, Cláudia V ^a   Santos, Neide F ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Data handling; Linkage studies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 44649151900     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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