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Likelihood formulation of parent-of-origin effects on segregation analysis, including ascertainment.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Haghighi Fatemeh, Hodge Susan E
Abstract excerpt
We developed a likelihood-based method for testing for parent-of-origin effect in complex diseases. The likelihood formulations model parent-of-origin effect and allow for incorporation of ascertainment, as well as differential male and female ascertainment probabilities. The results based on simulated data indicated that the estimates of parental effect (either maternal or paternal) were biased when...
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