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A powerful and robust method for mapping quantitative trait loci in general pedigrees.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2005
Diao G, Lin D Y
Abstract excerpt
The variance-components model is the method of choice for mapping quantitative trait loci in general human pedigrees. This model assumes normally distributed trait values and includes a major gene effect, random polygenic and environmental effects, and covariate effects. Violation of the normality assumption has detrimental effects on the type I error and power. One possible way of achieving normality is to...
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