Incorporation of covariates in multipoint model-free linkage analysis of binary traits: How important are unaffecteds?

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 613-620

  Alcais, A ^a   Abel, L ^a  

^a IMAGINE INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Covariates; Linkage analysis; Logistic residuals; Maximum Likelihood Binomial; Mixed model; Unaffected

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 0034886020     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200682     Document Type: Article

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