Statistics on continuous IBD data: Exact distribution evaluation for a pair of full(half)-sibs and a pair of a (great-) grandchild with a (great-) grandparent
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pairs of related individuals are widely used in linkage analysis. Most of the tests for linkage analysis are based on statistics associated with identity by descent (IBD) data. The current biotechnology provides data on very densely...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2002-05-01
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Series: | BMC Genetics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/3/7 |