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Statistics for nonparametric linkage analysis of X-linked traits in general pedigrees.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Song Kyunghee K, Feingold Eleanor, Weeks Daniel E
Abstract excerpt
We have compared the power of several allele-sharing statistics for "nonparametric" linkage analysis of X-linked traits in nuclear families and extended pedigrees. Our rationale was that, although several of these statistics have been implemented in popular software packages, there has been no formal evaluation of their relative power. Here, we evaluate the relative performance of five test statistics, including...
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