Combining extremely concordant sibpairs with extremely discordant sibpairs provides a cost effective way to linkage analysis of quantitative trait loci.

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Published in Genet Epidemiol on January 01, 1996

Authors

C Gu1, A Todorov, D C Rao

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Heritage Study--Genetics, Exercise and Risk Factors (HERITAGE) | NCT00005137

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