Bivariate association analysis for quantitative traits using generalized estimation equation

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 733-743

  Yang, Fang ^a   Tang, Zihui ^a   Deng, Hongwen ^a,b,c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bivariate; general estimating equation; linkage disequilibrium; quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 72149089337     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60166-6     Document Type: Article

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