Testing independence of fragment lengths within VNTR loci

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · American Journal of Human Genetics; (United States)

OSTI ID:5295870

Geisser, S ^[1]; Johnson, W ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
2. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)

Methods that were devised to test independence of the bivariate fragment lengths obtained from VNTR loci are applied to several population databases. It is shown that for many of the probes independence (Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium) cannot be sustained. 3 refs., 3 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 5295870
• Journal Information: American Journal of Human Genetics; (United States), Vol. 53:5; ISSN 0002-9297
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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