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Linkage analysis and genetic models in dyslexia — considerations pertaining to discrete trait analysis and quantitative trait analyses

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We used simulation studies to assess the relative powers of various autosomal-dominant models of inheritance for dyslexia

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  1. Department of Molecular Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

    B. Müller-Myhsok

  2. Division of Medical Genetics, University of Würzburg, Germany

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Müller-Myhsok, B., Grimm, T. Linkage analysis and genetic models in dyslexia — considerations pertaining to discrete trait analysis and quantitative trait analyses. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 8 (Suppl 3), S40–S42 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00010692

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