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A pedigree-analysis approach to the descriptive epidemiology of autosomal-recessive disorders.
Preventive veterinary medicine - 17 Mar 2007
Man W Y N, Nicholas F W, James J W
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We describe a pedigree-analysis approach to estimating descriptive epidemiological parameters for autosomal-recessive disorders when the ancestral source of the disorder is known. We show that the expected frequency of carriers in a cohort equals the gene contribution of the ancestral source to that cohort, which is equivalent to the direct (additive) genetic relationship of that ancestor to the cohort. Also, the...
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