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Modeling maternal-offspring gene-gene interactions: the extended-MFG test.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jul 2010
Childs Erica J, Palmer Christina G S, Lange Kenneth, Sinsheimer Janet S
Abstract excerpt
Maternal-fetal genotype (MFG) incompatibility is an interaction between the genes of a mother and offspring at a particular locus that adversely affects the developing fetus, thereby increasing susceptibility to disease. Statistical methods for examining MFG incompatibility as a disease risk factor have been developed for nuclear families. Because families collected as part of a study can be large and complex,...
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