Comparison of evidence for linkage from different analytic methods

Genet Epidemiol. 1997;14(6):965-70. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:6<965::AID-GEPI67>3.0.CO;2-J.

Abstract

In a randomly chosen replicate of extended pedigrees from GAW10, we conducted robust multipoint genome scans for linkage using a dense marker map. For analysis of the quantitative traits, we selected sibships from the pedigrees, and for analysis of disease status, small families of affected relatives were selected. Lod-score likelihood analyses were conducted in the full pedigrees and in the affected relative families for selected regions. We located a flanking marker for MG1 on chromosome 5, and identified marker regions including MG2, MG4, and MG5 on chromosomes 8 and 9. The analytic methods were consistent for the major gene with a strong effect; false positive errors on chromosomes 1 and 10 could have been eliminated by requiring evidence from more than one method.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Genetic Linkage*
  • Genetic Markers*
  • Genetic Testing / methods*
  • Genome, Human*
  • Humans
  • Likelihood Functions
  • Lod Score
  • Male
  • Matched-Pair Analysis
  • Nuclear Family*
  • Pedigree
  • Quantitative Trait, Heritable*
  • Regression Analysis

Substances

  • Genetic Markers