SNP-based linkage analysis in extended pedigrees: Comparison between two alternative approaches

Human Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-37

  Saint Pierre, Aude ^a,b,c   D'elia, Yuri ^b,c   Ciullo, Marina ^d   Pramstaller, Peter P ^b,c,e   Pattaro, Cristian ^b,c  

^a ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^b University of Lubeck   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^e Central Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extended pedigrees; Linkage analysis; SNP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SPLITTING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WORKFLOW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84902926519     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360623     Document Type: Article

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