Genetic linkage analysis in the presence of germline mosaicism

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Weissbrod, Omer ^a   Geiger, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

germline mosaicism; linkage analysis; statistical model; statistical test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOSAICISM; PEDIGREE; PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80455127458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15446115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1544-6115.1709     Document Type: Article

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