title: Comparison of marker intervals and number of sib pairs used for linkage analysis on simulated nuclear family data.
abstract: Using a two-stage global scan design, we analyzed general population replicates 1 and 42 of the Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) 12 simulated data set using three methods: revisited Haseman-Elston (HER), maximum likelihood variance estimation (ML), and variance components (VC). Three marker densities, 5-, 10-, and 15-cM intervals, were examined in the first-stage scan. We found that the 10-cM interval appears to be the most cost-effective approach in genotyping without sacrificing power when using a first stage significance level of 0.01. Subsequently, we performed the second-stage scan at 1-cM intervals for those putative positive regions identified in the first-stage scan at a significance level of 0.01. We also compared the power to detect linkage using different numbers of sib pairs for a genome-wide scan at a 10-cM interval and found that power decreases nonlinearly as the number of sib pairs decreases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: J Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Elston
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008126:Lod Score; D008957:Models, Genetic; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers