Logarithm of odds (lods) for linkage in complex inheritance.

doi:10.1073/pnas.93.8.3471

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Logarithm of odds (lods) for linkage in complex inheritance.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Apr 1996

Morton N E

Abstract excerpt

Lod scores provide a method to unify linkage tests based on identity by descent and identity in marker state while permitting selection of the most informative individuals through their disease-related phenotypes and markers in relatives. After parametric lods are reviewed, a nonparametric approa...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Biometry
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Humans
Lod Score
Male
Models, Genetic
Phenotype

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