Article
Statistical tests for detection of misspecified relationships by use of genome-screen data.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2000
McPeek M S, Sun L
Abstract excerpt
Misspecified relationships can have serious consequences for linkage studies, resulting in either reduced power or false-positive evidence for linkage. If some individuals in the pedigree are untyped, then Mendelian errors may not be observed. Previous approaches to detection of misspecified rela...
Topics
- Alcoholism
- Alleles
- Chromosome Mapping
- Computer Simulation
- Consanguinity
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Testing
- Genome, Human
- Genotype
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Male
