A unified mixed-model method for association mapping that accounts for multiple levels of relatedness

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Spurious relationshipBiologyGenetic associationAssociation (psychology)Association mappingPopulationGeneticsType I and type II errorsQuantitative trait locusComputational biologyComplement (music)TraitStatisticsComputer scienceGeneMathematicsGenotypePsychology

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 38
Issue: 2
Pages: 203-208
Citations: 4085
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                                    Jianming Yu, 
                                
                                    Gaël Pressoir, 
                                
                                    William H. Briggs
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            A unified mixed-model method for association mapping that accounts for multiple levels of relatedness. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 38
                            (2)
                            , 203-208.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1702
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng1702