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2007 1953: An unrecognized summit in human genetic linkage analysis
E.A. Thompson
Statist. Surv. 1: 1-15 (2007). DOI: 10.1214/07-SS027

Abstract

This paper summarizes and discusses the methodological research in human genetic linkage analysis, leading up to and following from the paper of C. A. B. Smith presented as a Royal Statistical Society discussion paper in 1953. This paper was given as the Fisher XXVII Memorial Lecture, in Cambridge, December 4, 2006.

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E.A. Thompson. "1953: An unrecognized summit in human genetic linkage analysis." Statist. Surv. 1 1 - 15, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1214/07-SS027

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Published: 2007
First available in Project Euclid: 3 October 2007

zbMATH: 1300.62005
MathSciNet: MR2520412
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/07-SS027

Subjects:
Primary: 62-03
Secondary: 01A60

Keywords: C. A. B. Smith , Fisher , Genetic linkage , Lod score

Rights: Copyright © 2007 The author, under a Creative Commons Attribution License

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