Related Experiment Videos
Genetic linkage analysis of complex genetic traits by using affected sibling pairs
1Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. bhauser@dnadoc.mc.duke.edu
Biometrics
|January 12, 1999
Abstract:
We provide an introduction to genetic linkage analysis. We discuss methods for the genetic analysis of common, complex disease such as diabetes, heart disease or hypertension. We describe the analysis of affected sibling pairs and discuss some of the challenges in applying these methods.