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The «Accuracy» of estimates of MNS gene frequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

William C. Boyd
William C. Boyd*
Affiliation:
Boston University - School of Medicine

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Wiener's methods for estimating gene frequencies from MNS data are compared with the maximum likelihood methods, and found not to be fully efficient. The extra effort and expense which would result from the use of such methods is discussed. It is concluded also that the number of significant figures advised by Wiener is not sufficient.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1956 , pp. 234 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1956

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