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Meta-analysis of linkage studies.

J A Badner1, L R Goldin

  • 1National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Genetic Epidemiology
|December 22, 1999
PubMed
Summary

This study estimates how often genome scans exceed significance thresholds. Modest p-values in one scan can become highly significant when replicated in the same region across multiple scans.

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Area of Science:

  • Genetics
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Genomic Analysis

Background:

  • Established guidelines for interpreting genome scan results exist, focusing on single scans.
  • The frequency of exceeding significance thresholds across multiple genome scans in the same region remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop theoretical estimates for the probability of multiple genome scans exceeding significance thresholds in the same region.
  • To compare these theoretical estimates with empirical data from the GAW11 dataset.
  • To assess the impact of replication on the significance of linkage results.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical estimation of threshold exceedance probabilities in genome scans.
  • Empirical estimation using the GAW11 dataset.
  • Comparison of theoretical and empirical estimates for both single-point and multipoint analyses.

Main Results:

  • Theoretical estimates accurately predict empirical estimates for single-point analyses.
  • Theoretical estimates overestimate observed results for multipoint analyses.
  • Replication of modest p-values in the same genomic region across multiple scans leads to highly significant findings.

Conclusions:

  • Theoretical models provide a basis for understanding significance in multiple genome scans.
  • Multipoint analysis requires refined theoretical approaches for accurate prediction.
  • Replication is a crucial factor in validating genetic linkage findings, even with initially modest p-values.