Article
Nonparametric linkage and family-based association studies of a simulated complex disorder.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1999
Koller D L, Balding J, Foroud T
Abstract excerpt
Affected sibling pairs are widely used to identify chromosomal regions harboring genetic loci underlying common disease. We explore the utility of nonparametric sibling pair and family-based association methods to search for disease susceptibility loci in simulated pedigree data for a qualitative disease trait. Logistic regression was used to model gene x gene and gene x environment interactions when significant...
Topics
- Alleles
- Environment
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Family
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Testing
- Genotype
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Lod Score
- Logistic Models
