Testing gene-gene interactions in the case-parents design

Human Heredity

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-179

  Yu, Zhaoxia ^a  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Case parents trios; Gene gene interaction; Linkage disequilibrium; Population stratification; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960812097     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327355     Document Type: Article

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