title: Novel approach for genome scan meta-analysis of rheumatoid arthritis: a kernel-based estimation procedure.
abstract: Genome scan meta-analysis (GSMA) can prove very useful in detecting genetic effects too small to be detected in an individual linkage study and can also lead to more consistent results. In this paper, we propose a new kernel-based estimation procedure for GSMA. Instead of estimating identity by descent between markers, as performed in interval mapping approaches, we estimated directly the nonparametric linkage score between markers using a kernel procedure. The GSMA is then extended to take into account the kernel estimate of the nonparametric linkage score and its variance at a given chromosomal position. The method is applied to the rheumatoid arthritis genome scan data (Genetic Analysis Workshop 15 Problem 2).
authors.affiliation: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray Street, Toronto, Ontario MT5 3L9, Canada. laurent@mshri.on.ca
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Briollais
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Durrieu
authors.forename: Ranodya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Upathilake