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Allele sharing and allelic association I: sib pair tests with increased power.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Apr 2002
Lazzeroni Laura C
Abstract excerpt
Affected sib pair data contain information about allele sharing and allelic association. Either of these features can point to the presence of a risk-related gene. This study introduces the elliptical sib pair test, a generalization of traditional sib pair tests. The proposed test can be implemented using any of three strategies, the choice of which depends on the anticipated combination of sharing and...
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