title: An entropy-based index for fine-scale mapping of disease genes.
abstract: By comparing the entropy and the conditional entropy in a marker, an entropy-based index has been presented for fine-scale linkage disequilibrium gene mapping using high-density marker maps for human disease genes. The index can quantify the level of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between the marker and the disease susceptibility locus (DSL) of genes. The advantage of using the index is attributed to the fact that it does not depend on marker allele frequencies across loci. Moreover, it is parallel to Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium (HWD) measure for DSL fine mapping. Through various simulations, the fine mapping performances of the proposed entropy-based index was extensively investigated under various genetic parameters. The results show that the index presented is both robust and powerful for DSL mapping in genes.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China. lymmail@126.com
authors.forename: Yumei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Hongwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Zhenqiu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004194:Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D019277:Entropy; D005819:Genetic Markers; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008957:Models, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers