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Gain in efficiency from using generalized least squares in the Haseman-Elston test.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1995
Single R M, Finch S J
Abstract excerpt
Techniques that test for linkage between a marker and a trait locus based on the regression methods proposed by Haseman and Elston [1972] involve testing a null hypothesis of no linkage by examination of the regression coefficient. Modified Haseman-Elston methods accomplish this using ordinary least squares (OLS), weighted least squares (WLS), in which weights are reciprocals of estimated variances, and...
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