Inferring Disease Risk Genes from Sequencing Data in Multiplex Pedigrees Through Sharing of Rare Variants
Alexandre Bureau, Ferdouse Begum, Margaret A. Taub, Jacqueline B. Hetmanski, Margaret M. Parker, Hasan Albacha‐Hejazi, Alan F. Scott, Jeffrey Clark Murray, Mary L. Marazita, Joan Wilson, Terri H. Beaty, Ingo Ruczinski
This paper extends the Rare Variant Sharing method to handle partial variant sharing in multiplex pedigrees, showing improved power over existing methods in simulations and real data.
Genetic Epidemiology · Sep 24, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics