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Quantitative trait locus detection using combined linkage/disequilibrium analysis.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1999
Almasy L, Williams J T, Dyer T D, Blangero J
Abstract excerpt
We describe an extension of the variance component linkage method that augments identity-by-descent information from relatives with identity-by-state information from unrelated individuals, exploiting disequilibrium to facilitate fine mapping of quantitative trait loci. An advantage of the combined linkage/disequilibrium test is that it detects association only in the presence of linkage and is not biased by...
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