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14755181
TITLE
Copulas in QTL mapping.
ABSTRACT
The standard variance components method for mapping quantitative trait loci is derived on the assumption of normality. Unsurprisingly, statistical tests based on this method do not perform so well if this assumption is not satisfied. We use the statistical concept of copulas to relax the assumption of normality and derive a test that can perform well under any distribution of the continuous trait. In particular, we discuss bivariate normal copulas in the context of sib-pair studies. Our approach is illustrated by a linkage analysis of lipoprotein(a) levels, whose distribution is highly skewed. We demonstrate that the asymptotic critical levels of the test can still be calculated using the interval mapping approach. The new method can be extended to more general pedigrees and multivariate phenotypes in a similar way as the original variance components method.
DATE PUBLISHED
2004 Mar
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2004/02/03 05:00
medline 2004/07/09 05:00
entrez 2004/02/03 05:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Basrak B Basrak Bojan B Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Eurandom, Bijenicka 30, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. bbasrak@math.hr
Klaassen CA Klaassen Chris A J CA
Beekman M Beekman Marian M
Martin NG Martin Nick G NG
Boomsma DI Boomsma Dorret I DI
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 34
ISSUE: 2
TITLE: Behavior genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Behav. Genet.
YEAR: 2004
MONTH: Mar
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0001-8244
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Behav Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0001-8244
NLMUNIQUEID: 0251711
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Analysis of Variance
Chromosome Mapping statistics & numerical data
Humans statistics & numerical data
Likelihood Functions statistics & numerical data
Lipoprotein(a) genetics
Models, Genetic genetics
Models, Statistical genetics
Normal Distribution genetics
Phenotype genetics
Quantitative Trait Loci genetics
Twins, Dizygotic genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Lipoprotein(a)
OTHER ID's