1. Introduction to the Special Issue on Variance Components Methods for Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci

   • S. S. Cherny
   • P. C. Sham
   • L. R. Cardon

   Introduction Pages: 125 - 126

2. Adjusting for Covariates in Variance Components QTL Linkage Analysis

   • Maurice Zeegers
   • Fruhling Rijsdijk
   • Pak Sham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 133

3. A Simulation Study Concerning the Effect of Varying the Residual Phenotypic Correlation on the Power of Bivariate Quantitative Trait Loci Linkage Analysis

   • David M. Evans
   • David L. Duffy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 141

4. Epistasis in Quantitative Trait Locus Linkage Analysis: Interaction or Main Effect?

   • Shaun Purcell
   • Pak C. Sham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 152

5. Effect of Winsorization on Power and Type 1 Error of Variance Components and Related Methods of QTL Detection

   • Sanjay Shete
   • T. Mark Beasley
   • Christopher I. Amos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 159

6. Copulas in QTL Mapping

   • Bojan Basrak
   • Chris A. J. Klaassen
   • Dorret I. Boomsma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 171

7. Exploring Positional Candidate Genes: Linkage Conditional on Measured Genotype

   • L. Almasy
   • J. Blangero

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 177

8. Combined Linkage and Association Tests in Mx

   • D. Posthuma
   • E. J. C. de Geus
   • M. C. Neale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 196

9. Modeling with Measured Genotypes: Effects of the Vitamin D Receptor Gene, Age, and Latent Genetic and Environmental Factors on Bone Mineral Density

   • Edwin J. C. G. van den Oord
   • Alex J. MacGregor
   • Tim D. Spector

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 206

10. Haplotype Association Analysis of Discrete and Continuous Traits Using Mixture of Regression Models

    • P. C. Sham
    • F. V. Rijsdijk
    • D. Curtis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 214

11. Referees for This Special Issue

    Authors Index Pages: 215 - 215