Screening for linkage and association in nuclear families

Genet Epidemiol. 1995;12(6):619-23. doi: 10.1002/gepi.1370120616.

Abstract

We applied linkage analysis with a sib-pair method, which also takes into account information on unaffected siblings, and family-based methods of association analysis to determine the disease affecting loci in Problem 1. Whereas the first two disease loci were correctly identified by association analysis, the sib-pair linkage method failed to detect the disease loci 3 and 4. We therefore determined the data structure and sample size necessary for demonstrating linkage to these loci.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / genetics*
  • Genetic Testing*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Linkage Disequilibrium*
  • Nuclear Family*