The Fundamentals of Modern Statistical Genetics

by Nan M. Laird

Book Overview

This book covers the statistical models and methods that are used to understand human genetics, following the historical and recent developments of human genetics. Starting with Mendel's first experiments to genome-wide association studies, the book describes how genetic information can be incorporated into statistical models to discover disease genes. All commonly used approaches in statistical genetics (e.g. aggregation analysis, segregation, linkage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461427754
• ISBN13: 9781461427759
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"