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The ordered transmission disequilibrium test: detection of modifier genes.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 2009
Perdry Hervé, Babron Marie-Claude, Clerget-Darpoux Françoise
Abstract excerpt
We consider the problem of detection of modifier genes that lead to variations in a disease-related continuous variable (DRCV), such as the age of onset or a measure of disease severity, in a strategy of candidate genes. We propose a novel method, the ordered transmission disequilibrium test (OTDT), to test for a relation between the clinical heterogeneity expressed by a DRCV and marker genotypes of a candidate...
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