Multiplex relative risk and estimation of the number of loci underlying an inherited disease.

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Knowledge of the number of causative loci is necessary to estimate the power of mapping studies of complex diseases. In the present article, we reexamine a theory developed by Risch and its implications for estimating the number L of causative loci affecting a complex inherited disease. We first show that methods based on Risch's analysis can produce estimates of L that are inconsistent with the observed...

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