Estimating and testing haplotype-trait associations in non-diploid populations

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-678

  Li, X ^a   Thomas, B N ^b   Rich, S M ^a   Ecker, D ^a   Tumwine, J K ^c   Foulkes, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Expectation maximization algorithm; Genotype; Haplotype; Human immunodeficiency virus; Linear model; Malaria; Phenotype; Quasi species; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350179988     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2009.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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