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A comparison of univariate and multivariate tests for genetic linkage.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1993
Amos C I, Laing A E
Abstract excerpt
A variety of robust and model-dependent genetic linkage methods were applied to log transformed lipid levels from a large pedigree in which the LDL receptor defect has been shown to segregate by molecular biologic techniques. Application of the Haseman-Elston and a variance-components based test for linkage identified LDL and cholesterol as cosegregating with the marker C3, which is genetically linked to the LDL...
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