Detection of parent-of-origin effects based on complete and incomplete nuclear families with multiple affected children

Human Heredity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Zhou, Ji Yuan ^a,b   Hu, Yue Qing ^a,c   Lin, Shili ^d   Fung, Wing K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating demographic model; Complete nuclear family; Genomic imprinting; Genotypic relative risk; Incomplete nuclear family; Missing parent; Parent of origin effects; Population stratification demographic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT OF ORIGIN EFFECT; PARENTAL ASYMMETRY TEST; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 53849132413     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000164394     Document Type: Article

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