Article
Leveraging Identity-by-Descent for Disease Gene Discovery.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2026
Henden Lyndal
Abstract excerpt
Genomic regions inherited from a common ancestor are said to be identical-by-descent (IBD). These IBD regions, or segments, can be leveraged to aid in the discovery of disease-associated genetic variation in the absence of large cohorts or pedigrees. In this approach, genetic relatedness is established between affected individuals through the detection of IBD segments. Shared segments that segregate with the...
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- Humans
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genomics
- Pedigree
- Chromosome Mapping
- Computational Biology
