Merlin--rapid analysis of dense genetic maps using sparse gene flow trees.

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Published in Nat Genet on December 03, 2001

Authors

Gonçalo R Abecasis1, Stacey S Cherny, William O Cookson, Lon R Cardon

Author Affiliations

1: The Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK. goncalo@umich.edu

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