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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
Volume 48, Issue 8, Pages 567-571Publisher
B M J PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2011.089128
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- Schlumberger Foundation
- BNP Paribas Foundation
- Institut Universitaire de France
- European Union [QLK2-CT-2002-0046]
- Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science [5UL1RR024143]
- Rockefeller University
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- St Giles Foundation
- Jeffrey Modell Foundation and Talecris Biotherapeutics
- National Institute of Allergy and Immunology [1R01AI089970]
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale
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Introduction Genome-wide homozygosity mapping is a powerful method for locating rare recessive Mendelian mutations. However, statistical power decreases dramatically in the presence of genetic heterogeneity. Methods The authors applied an empirical approach to test for linkage accounting for genetic heterogeneity by calculating the sum of positive per-family multipoint LOD scores (S) across all positions, and obtaining corresponding empirical p values (EmpP) through permutations. Results The statistical power of the approach was found to be consistently higher than the classical heterogeneity LOD by simulations. Among 21 first-cousin matings with a single affected child, for five families linked to a locus of interest and 16 families to other loci, S/EmpP achieved a power of 40% versus 28% for heterogeneity LOD at an alpha level of 0.001. The mean size of peak linkage regions was markedly higher for true loci than false positive regions. The S/EmpP approach was applied to a sample of 17 consanguineous families with Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease, leading to the identification of two mutations in IL12RB1 and TYK2 from the largest of six linkage regions at p<10(-3). Conclusions The S/EmpP approach is a flexible and powerful approach that can be applied to linkage analysis of families with suspected Mendelian disorders.
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