Local genealogies in a linear mixed model for genome-wide association mapping in complex pedigreed populations.

INTRODUCTION: The state-of-the-art for dealing with multiple levels of relationship among the samples in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) is unified mixed model analysis (MMA). This approach is very flexible, can be applied to both family-based and population-based samples, and can be extended...

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Main Authors: Goutam Sahana, Thomas Mailund, Mogens Sandø Lund, Bernt Guldbrandtsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3206889?pdf=render