The development of human linkage analysis.
The principles of linkage detection and measurement are traced from the first discovery of linkage to its present-day use in human genetics. Some indications are given of their success and of the present problems and challenges facing them.
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Galton Laboratory, University College, London.
D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D008131:London; D011995:Recombination, Genetic