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Detecting disease variants in case-parent trio studies using the bioconductor software package trio.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Sept 2014
Schwender Holger, Li Qing, Neumann Christoph, Taub Margaret A, Younkin Samuel G, Berger Philipp, Scharpf Robert B, Beaty Terri H, Ruczinski Ingo
Abstract excerpt
Case-parent trio studies are commonly employed in genetics to detect variants underlying common complex disease risk. Both commercial and freely available software suites for genetic data analysis usually contain methods for case-parent trio designs. A user might, however, experience limitations with these packages, which can include missing functionality to extend the software if a desired analysis has not been...
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