The Number of Markers in the HapMap Project: Some Notes on Chi-Square and Exact Tests for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 813-818

  Graffelman, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALLELE; CHI SQUARE TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HARDY WEINBERG DISTRIBUTION LAW; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES;

EID: 77951960922     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.11.019     Document Type: Letter

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