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Interpretation of simultaneous linkage and family-based association tests in genome screens.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Feb 2007
Chung Ren-Hua, Hauser Elizabeth R, Martin Eden R
Abstract excerpt
Linkage and association analyses have played important roles in identifying susceptibility genes for complex diseases. Linkage tests and family-based tests of association are often applied in the same data to help fine-map disease loci or validate results. This paradigm increases efficiency by making maximal use of family data sets. However, it is not intuitively clear under what conditions association and...
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