Predicting the number and sizes of IBD regions among family members and evaluating the family size requirement for linkage studies

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1535-1543

  Yang, Wanling ^a   Wang, Zhanyong ^b   Wang, Lusheng ^b   Sham, Pak Chung ^c   Huang, Peng ^d   Lau, Yu Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FAMILY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 56749146148     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.116     Document Type: Article

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