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spellingShingle Feng, Rui, Leckman, James F., Zhang, Heping, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data, Multidisciplinary
title Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data
title_full Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data
title_fullStr Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data
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title_short Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data
title_sort linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data
title_unstemmed Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data
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