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Evaluating linkage and linkage disequilibrium: use of excess sharing and transmission disequilibrium methods in affected sib pairs.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 2000
Wicks J, Wilson S R
Abstract excerpt
Two popular and robust approaches to analysing affected sib pair (ASP) data for linkage are the traditional excess sharing methods and the transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT). Here we derive an overall test of linkage for multi-allelic ASP marker data which comprises two component tests: one for excess sharing and one for transmission disequilibrium. This method has several advantages. Firstly the overall test...
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