Assessing Whether an Allele Can Account in Part for a Linkage Signal: The Genotype-IBD Sharing Test (GIST)

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 418-431

  Li, Chun ^a,c   Scott, Laura J ^b   Boehnke, Michael ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IDENTICAL BY DESCENT SHARING TEST; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MODEL; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING;

EID: 1542374068     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381712     Document Type: Article

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