How is a statistical link established between a human outcome and a genetic variant?

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-226

  Guo, Guang ^a   Adkins, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association studies; Behavior genetics; Linkage analysis; Society and genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049130417     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124108324526     Document Type: Review

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