Robust rare variant association testing for quantitative traits in samples with related individuals

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-20

  Jiang, Duo ^a   Mcpeek, Mary Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Family data; Mixed effects; MONSTER; Sequence

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM P VALUE OPTIMIZED NUISANCE PARAMETER SCORE TEST EXTENDED TO RELATIVE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASSOCIATION MAPPING; FAMILY DATA; MIXED EFFECTS; MONSTER; SEQUENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890222725     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21775     Document Type: Article

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