Linkage analysis: Principles and methods for the analysis of human quantitative traits

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 513-530

  Ferreira, Manuel A R ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 6344241831     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052042335223     Document Type: Review

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