The kinship2 R package for pedigree data

Human Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-93

  Sinnwell, Jason P ^a   Therneau, Terry M ^a   Schaid, Daniel J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic linkage analysis; Graphics; Kinship; Pedigrees

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; X CHROMOSOME; AUTOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEREDITY; PEDIGREE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MALE;

FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 84906002885     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363105     Document Type: Article

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