A Methodological Problem in Testing a Recessive Genetic Hypothesis in Human Disease
- 1 February 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
- Vol. 49 (2) , 199-204
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.49.2.199
Abstract
A binomial model, used for determining the consistency of observation with a recessive gene hypothesis, has a low ability to discriminate between genetic and nongenetic hypotheses, the reasons for which are briefly reviewed.Keywords
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