Statistical inference on the penetrances of rare genetic mutations based on a case-family design.

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We propose a formal statistical inference framework for the evaluation of the penetrance of a rare genetic mutation using family data generated under a kin-cohort type of design, where phenotype and genotype information from first-degree relatives (sibs and/or offspring) of case probands carrying the targeted mutation are collected. Our approach is built upon a likelihood model with some minor assumptions, and it...

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