Computationally Efficient Multipoint Linkage Analysis on Extended Pedigrees for Trait Models With Two Contributing Major Loci

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 602-611

  Su, Ming ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact inference; Graphical models; Lod score; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84865064823     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21653     Document Type: Article

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