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Improving pedigree-based linkage analysis by estimating coancestry among families.
Statistical applications in genetics and molecular biology - 6 Jan 2012
Glazner Chris, Thompson Elizabeth Alison
Abstract excerpt
We present a method for improving the power of linkage analysis by detecting chromosome segments shared identical by descent (IBD) by individuals not known to be related. Existing Markov chain Monte Carlo methods sample descent patterns on pedigrees conditional on observed marker data. These patterns can be stored as IBD graphs, which express shared ancestry only, rather than specific family relationships. A...
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