Exact genetic linkage computations for general pedigrees

  • M. Fishelson
    Computer Science Department, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
  • D. Geiger
    Computer Science Department, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Motivation: Genetic linkage analysis is a useful statistical tool for mapping disease genes and for associating functionality of genes with their location on the chromosome. There is a need for a program that computes multipoint likelihood on general pedigrees with many markers that also deals with two-locus disease models.</jats:p> <jats:p>Results: In this paper we present algorithms for performing exact multipoint likelihood calculations on general pedigrees with a large number of highly polymorphic markers, taking into account a variety of disease models. We have implemented these algorithms in a new computer program called superlink which outperforms leading linkage software with regards to functionality, speed, memory requirements and extensibility.</jats:p> <jats:p>Availability: superlink is available at http://bioinfo.cs.technion.ac.il/superlink</jats:p> <jats:p>Contact: fmaayan@cs.technion.ac.ildang@cs.technion.ac.il</jats:p> <jats:p>Keywords: Bayesian networks; Fastlink; Genehunter; linkage analysis; Vitesse.</jats:p>

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  • Bioinformatics

    Bioinformatics 18 (suppl_1), S189-S198, 2002-07-01

    Oxford University Press (OUP)

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