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7493020
TITLE
The VITESSE algorithm for rapid exact multilocus linkage analysis via genotype set-recoding and fuzzy inheritance.
ABSTRACT
As genetic marker maps have improved, multipoint linkage analysis has become a crucial part of all disease mapping studies. Paradoxically, multipoint lod scores become increasingly difficult to compute, particularly as the numbers of markers, marker alleles and untyped people increase. We have solved this problem by using a novel set-recording scheme to recode each person's genotype and 'fuzzy inheritance' to infer transmission probabilities. Our approach is implemented in a memory-efficient computer program, VITESSE, for extremely rapid computation of exact multipoint likelihoods. VITESSE enables fast and precise multipoint mapping of disease loci with highly polymorphic markers.
DATE PUBLISHED
1995 Dec
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 1995/12/01
medline 1995/12/01 00:01
entrez 1995/12/01 00:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
O'Connell JR O'Connell J R JR Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
Weeks DE Weeks D E DE
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 11
ISSUE: 4
TITLE: Nature genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Nat. Genet.
YEAR: 1995
MONTH: Dec
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 1061-4036
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Nat Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1061-4036
NLMUNIQUEID: 9216904
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
REFTYPE REFSOURCE REFPMID NOTE
CommentIn Nat Genet. 1995 Dec;11(4):354-5 7493007
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
HG00932 NHGRI NIH HHS United States
Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Algorithms
Chromosome Mapping methods
Female methods
Genetic Linkage methods
Genetic Markers methods
Genotype methods
Humans methods
Likelihood Functions methods
Male methods
Pedigree methods
Software methods
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Genetic Markers
OTHER ID's