Article
Linkage analysis for diseases with variable age of onset.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Siegmund K D, Todorov A A
Abstract excerpt
We present a method for the multivariate linkage analysis of the age of onset of a disease. The approach allows the incorporation of covariates for the study of gene by environment interactions. It is applicable to general pedigrees. The likelihood of the data is expressed as a function of the number of alleles identical by descent at a marker, the censored ages of onset and disease status, and environmental...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Alleles
- Family Health
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
