Article
Conditional probability methods for haplotyping in pedigrees.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Gao Guimin, Hoeschele Ina, Sorensen Peter, Du Fengxing
Abstract excerpt
Efficient haplotyping in pedigrees is important for the fine mapping of quantitative trait locus (QTL) or complex disease genes. To reconstruct haplotypes efficiently for a large pedigree with a large number of linked loci, two algorithms based on conditional probabilities and likelihood computations are presented. The first algorithm (the conditional probability method) produces a single, approximately optimal...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genetic Techniques
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Models, Statistical
- Pedigree
- Probability
- Quantitative Trait Loci
