Likelihood ratio testing for admixture models with application to genetic linkage analysis

Biometrics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1249-1259

  Di, Chong Zhi ^a   Liang, Kung Yee ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Admixture models; Genetic linkage analysis; Likelihood ratio test

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS;

ADMIXTURE; ADMIXTURE MODEL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LINKAGE ANALYSE; KERNEL DISTRIBUTION; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTING; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MIXTURE MODELING; TWO-COMPONENT MIXTURES;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

GAUSSIAN METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 83655183105     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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