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Dosage transmission disequilibrium test (dTDT) for linkage and association detection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zhang Zhehao, Wang Jen-Chyong, Howells William, Lin Peng, Agrawal Arpana, Edenberg Howard J, Tischfield Jay A, Schuckit Marc A, Bierut Laura J, Goate Alison, Rice John P
Abstract excerpt
Both linkage and association studies have been successfully applied to identify disease susceptibility genes with genetic markers such as microsatellites and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs). As one of the traditional family-based studies, the Transmission/Disequilibrium Test (TDT) measures the over-transmission of an allele in a trio from its heterozygous parents to the affected offspring and can be...
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