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SNP-based linkage analysis in extended pedigrees: comparison between two alternative approaches.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2014
Saint-Pierre Aude, D'Elia Yuri, Ciullo Marina, Pramstaller Peter P, Pattaro Cristian
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BACKGROUND: Linkage analysis on extended pedigrees is often challenged by the high computational demand of exact identity-by-descent (IBD) matrix reconstruction. When such an analysis becomes not feasible, two alternative solutions are contrasted: a full pedigree analysis based on approximate IBD estimation versus a pedigree splitting followed by exact IBD estimation. A multiple splitting (MS) approach, which...
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