Testing for association between disease and linked marker loci: a log-linear-model analysis.

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Testing for association between disease and linked marker loci: a log-linear-model analysis.

American journal of human genetics - 1 May 1991

Tiret L, Amouyel P, Rakotovao R, Cambien F, Ducimetière P

Abstract excerpt

One approach frequently used for identifying genetic factors involved in the process of a complex disease is the comparison of patients and controls for a number of genetic markers near a candidate gene. The analysis of such association studies raises some specific problems because of the fact th...

Topics

Alleles
Disease
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Humans
Linear Models

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