A review of family-based tests for linkage disequilibrium between a quantitative trait and a genetic marker

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Ewens, Warren J ^a   Li, Mingyao ^a   Spielman, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATING TYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FAMILY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 52949087577     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000180     Document Type: Review

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