Joint linkage and segregation analysis under multiallelic trait inheritance: Simplifying interpretations for complex traits

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-353

  Rosenthal, Elisabeth A ^a   Wijsman, Ellen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Complex trait; Continuous trait; MCMC; Pedigree

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ALLELES; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOFTWARE;

LOKI;

EID: 77951589673     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20490     Document Type: Article

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