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Multifactor-dimensionality reduction versus family-based association tests in detecting susceptibility loci in discordant sib-pair studies.
BMC genetics - 30 Dec 2005
Meng Yan, Ma Qianli, Yu Yi, Farrell John, Farrer Lindsay A, Wilcox Marsha A
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Complex diseases are generally thought to be under the influence of multiple, and possibly interacting, genes. Many association methods have been developed to identify susceptibility genes assuming a single-gene disease model, referred to as single-locus methods. Multilocus methods consider joint effects of multiple genes and environmental factors. One commonly used method for family-based association analysis is...
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