Performance of MAX test and degree of dominance index in predicting the mode of inheritance

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Zintzaras, Elias ^a,b   Santos, Mauro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degree of dominance; Genetic association; H index; MAX test; Mode of inheritance

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOMINANT GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84866464232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15446115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1544-6115.1804     Document Type: Article

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