Using phenotyped but ungenotyped relatives in genetic association tests

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University === In some longitudinal studies, there are individuals for whom rich phenotypic data have been collected, but who died before providing DNA for genetic studies. Genotypes of their relatives are often available. The main question we address is how and when one shoul...

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Main Author: Zhuang, Wei Vivian
Language:en_US
Published: Boston University 2018
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32070