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Using loss of heterozygosity data in affected pedigree member linkage tests.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1995
Lustbader E d, Rebbeck T R, Buetow K H
Abstract excerpt
Linkage analysis can be used to test the hypothesis that a marker locus of known location segregates independently from a presumed disease gene. One way to test this hypothesis is to measure the similarity of marker alleles among pairs of relatives affected with the disease. When the disease under consideration is cancer, it is possible to take advantage of the marker alleles in tumors to revise the similarity...
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