A Test for Linkage and Association in General Pedigrees: The Pedigree Disequilibrium Test

Eden R. Martin; Stephanie A. Monks; Liling Warren; Norman Kaplan

doi:10.1086/302957

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Pedigree chartLinkage disequilibriumDisequilibriumLinkage (software)Nuclear familyStatistical hypothesis testingGeneticsBiologyStatisticsMathematicsHaplotypeMedicineAllele

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Year: 2000
Type: article
Volume: 67
Issue: 1
Pages: 146-154
Citations: 532
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                                    Eden R. Martin, 
                                
                                    Stephanie A. Monks, 
                                
                                    Liling Warren
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            A Test for Linkage and Association in General Pedigrees: The Pedigree Disequilibrium Test. 
                            The American Journal of Human Genetics
                            , 67
                            (1)
                            , 146-154.
                            https://doi.org/10.1086/302957
                        

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DOI: 10.1086/302957