TDT-HET: A new transmission disequilibrium test that incorporates locus heterogeneity into the analysis of family-based association data

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Londono, Douglas ^a   Buyske, Steven ^a   Finch, Stephen J ^b   Sharma, Swarkar ^c   Wise, Carol A ^c,d   Gordon, Derek ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATES OF PARAMETERS; HETEROZYGOUS PARENT; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MIXTURE MODEL; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; PARAMETER SETTING; RELATIVE RISKS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; SCOLIOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROBABILITY; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 84856008086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-13     Document Type: Article

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