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Pedigree analysis package vs. MIXD: fitting the mixed model on a large pedigree.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1996
Olshen A B, Wijsman E M
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Results of a simulation study with two methods of analysis of data simulated under the mixed model on a 232-member pedigree are presented. The programs Pedigree Analysis Package (PAP), which approximate the likelihoods needed in a complex segregation analysis, and MIXD, which uses Monte Carlo Markov chain (MCMC), to estimate likelihoods were used. PAP obtained unbiased estimates of the major locus genotype means...
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