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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
Volume 66, Issue 5, Pages 1661-1668Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/302888
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- NEI NIH HHS [EY12562] Funding Source: Medline
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When the mode of inheritance of a disease is unknown, the LOD-score method of linkage analysis must take into account uncertainties in model parameters. We have previously proposed a parametric linkage test called MFLOD, which does not require specification of disease model parameters. In the present study, we introduce two new model-free parametric linkage tests, known as MLOD and MALOD. These tests are defined, respectively, as the LOD score and the admixture LOD score, maximized (subject to the same constraints as MFLOD) over disease-model parameters. We compared the power of these three parametric linkage tests and that of two nonparametric linkage tests, NPLall, and NPLpairs, which are implemented in GENEHUNTER. With the use of small pedigrees and a fully informative marker, we found the powers of MLOD, NPLall, and NPLpairs, to be almost equivalent to each other and not far below that of a LOD-score analysis performed under the assumption the correct genetic parameters. Thus, linkage analysis is not much hindered by uncertain mode of inheritance. The results also suggest that both parametric and nonparametric methods are suitable for linkage analysis of complex disorders in small pedigrees. However, whether these results apply to large pedigrees remains to be answered.
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