Determination of probability distribution of diplotype configuration (diplotype distribution) for each subject from genotypic data using the EM algorithm.

abstract：:In a Muslim Arab village, relatively isolated because of the preference of consanguineous marriages, we studied the fate of 12 mutations in 5 different genes. The study was based on carriers detected among relatives of affected patients and of carriers discovered in a random sample of 424 adults. Most of the mutations...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Zlotogora J,Hujerat Y,Barges S,Shalev SA,Chakravarti A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Further investigation of fumarase using lymphoblastoid cells derived from an individual of the FH 2--1 phenotype has confirmed that the mitochondrial (FHM) and soluble (FHS) forms of fumarase are determined at the same structural locus. 2. The FH 2--1 variant is associated with enzyme deficiency: c. 70% of normal i...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Edwards YH,Hopkinson DA

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is caused by several susceptibility genes. A registry including analyses of susceptibility genes, familial occurrence and genotype-phenotype correlation should provide classification insights. Registry data of 187 unrelated index patients included age at onset, gender, family ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Sullivan M,Erlic Z,Hoffmann MM,Arbeiter K,Patzer L,Budde K,Hoppe B,Zeier M,Lhotta K,Rybicki LA,Bock A,Berisha G,Neumann HP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of IBD proportions from a large set of affected sib-pair data to estimate some or all of the main parameters describing the inheritance of a disease susceptibility gene is here considered. We assume there is no recombination present and neglect ascertainment bias, and assume that there are four distinct parent...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Green JR,Shah S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Samaritan community is a small, isolated, and highly endogamous group numbering some 650 members who have maintained extensive genealogical records for the past 13-15 generations. We performed mutation detection experiments on mitochondrial DNAs and Y chromosomes from confirmed maternal and paternal lineages to es...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Bonné-Tamir B,Korostishevsky M,Redd AJ,Pel-Or Y,Kaplan ME,Hammer MF

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection of important genetic and environmental factors is of strong interest in quantitative trait analyses. In this study, we use parallel genetic algorithm (PGA) to identify genetic and environmental factors in genetic association studies of complex human diseases. Our method can take account of both multiple mark...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Mukhopadhyay S,George V,Xu H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recursively computed descent probabilities provide an effective way to evaluate possible ancestries of rare alleles segregating in large and complex genealogies, but they ignore information other than the descent to a small set of current gene copies. We show how descent probability computations can be modified to inc...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Thompson EA,Morgan K

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between interleukin-10 (IL-10)-1082 (-1087) A > G polymorphism and either chronic (CP) or aggressive periodontitis (AgP) susceptibility was conflicting. This meta-analysis aimed to quantitatively estimate the association. METHODS:Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, and WANFAN databases were sear...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Li Y,Hu B,Feng G,Chen Q,Zhu M,Ying S,Song J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acromesomelic dysplasia Maroteaux type (AMDM) is an autosomal recessive skeletal disorder characterized by disproportionate short stature with shortening of the acromesomelic sections of the limbs. AMDM is caused by mutations in the NPR2 gene located on chromosome 9p21-p12. The gene encodes the natriuretic peptide rec...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Irfanullah,Umair M,Khan S,Ahmad W

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for interdisciplinary assessments and interpretations of -omics underpinnings of human complex diseases. However, often investigators from different, yet overlapping, disciplines experience difficulties in understanding the other discipline's language and there is a clear need for establishing a platfo...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Van Steen K,Sleegers K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that parametric analysis of linkage disequilibrium conditional on linkage using an overly deterministic model can be optimal for family-based association analysis. However, if one applies this strategy carelessly, there is a risk of false inference. We analyse properties of such likelihood ratio test...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Hiekkalinna T,Göring HH,Terwilliger JD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to construct a Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) cumulative database and to propose a MEFV based phylogenetic tree. Data were collected from published studies. A meta-analysis based on 16,756 chromosomes from FMF patients and normal individuals from 14 affected populations was performed. Arlequin 2.0 and ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Papadopoulos VP,Giaglis S,Mitroulis I,Ritis K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on family history and age of onset of breast cancer is examined in an attempt to distinguish between postulated early and late onset forms of breast cancer and to estimate the familial correlation between any subforms that may exist. Data are taken from the Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study, a multicentre, ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Claus EB,Risch NJ,Thompson WD

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The use of SDS electrophoresis as a tool for the analysis of development processes in man has been evaluated. 2. The protein profiles of cardiac and skeletal muscle from foetal (10--24 weeks gestation) infant and adult specimens have been analysed and striking developmental changes were found which involved all the...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Tipler TD,Edwards YH,Hopkinson DA

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The robust sib-pair method introduced by Haseman & Elston (1972) is one of the most widely circulated allele-sharing methods for linkage analysis. The procedure evaluates linkage by significance testing of a regression coefficient and, hence, a standard t-test has traditionally been applied despite known violations of...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Wan Y,Cohen J,Guerra R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A founder haplotype on chromosome 2p for autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease (PD) has been postulated for two families of Northern European descent, and a new mutation in the alpha-synuclein gene (Ala30Pro) has been found in a German PD family. We evaluated 85 German PD patients and 85 ethnically matched controls f...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Klein C,Vieregge P,Hagenah J,Sieberer M,Doyle E,Jacobs H,Gasser T,Breakefield XO,Risch NJ,Ozelius LJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a chromosome survey of 3993 liveborn infants, the majority of which have been studied using G-banding, are reported. The frequency of all types of chromosome abnormalities detected was similar to that found in previous newborn surveys, which were carried out on different socio-economic structure, but th...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Buckton KE,O'Riordan ML,Ratcliffe S,Slight J,Mitchell M,McBeath S,Keay AJ,Barr D,Short M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms of the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) gene have been reported to be potentially associated with the risks of developing frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), with inconsistent conclusions. This study aims to comprehensively investigate the potential role of TREM2 variants in...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Su WH,Shi ZH,Liu SL,Wang XD,Liu S,Ji Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate linkage analysis has been suggested for the analysis of correlated traits, such as blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI), because it may offer greater power and provide clearer results than univariate analyses. Currently, the most commonly used multivariate linkage methods are extensions of the un...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Wang T,Elston RC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new AAT allele (PI Zbristol) has been discovered in a woman with an obstetric history of three perinatal deaths from fulminant liver disease and no living offspring. She and her father were both PI M1Zbristol heterozygotes. The Zbristol protein is active as a proteinase inhibitor but appeared to be deficient in the ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Lovegrove JU,Jeremiah S,Gillett GT,Temple IK,Povey S,Whitehouse DB

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original transmission disequilibrium test (TDT), was introduced to test for linkage between a marker and a disease-susceptibility locus (Spielman et al. 1993). Allison (1997) extended the TDT procedure to quantitative traits. Allison's test, however, is restrictive in that it requires family trios consisting of on...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Xiong MM,Krushkal J,Boerwinkle E

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the process of genetically mapping a complex disease, the question may arise whether a certain polymorphism is the only causal variant in a region. A number of methods can answer this question, but unfortunately these methods are optimal for bi-allelic loci only. We wanted to develop a method that is more suited fo...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Spijker GT,Nolte IM,Jansen RC,Te Meerman GJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysosomal storage disorder glycogenosis type II, caused by a deficiency of lysosomal alpha-glucosidase, is very heterogeneous in its clinical presentation. It has been suggested that this heterogeneity may be due to differential expression of neutral alpha-glucosidases. We have therefore analysed the activity of t...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Van der Ploeg AT,Kroos MA,Swallow DM,Reuser AJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peutz-Jeghers' syndrome (PJS) is a disease with autosomal dominant inheritance, which is characterised by gastrointestinal hamartomata and characteristic melanin pigmentation. Three candidate sites for a PJS locus have recently been proposed, chromosomes 1p31-p32, 6q25 and 6p11-cen. At the first of these sites, a mult...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Tomlinson IP,Olschwang S,Abelovitch D,Nakamura Y,Bodmer WF,Thomas G,Markie D

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research suggests pulse pressure (PP) is a predictor of cardiovascular disease, and genes likely influence PP levels. Additionally, gender may be an effect modifier between PP and cardiovascular disease. This study addresses whether two renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) variants are associated with PP in a s...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Lynch AI,Arnett DK,Davis BR,Boerwinkle E,Ford CE,Eckfeldt JH,Leiendecker-Foster C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In case-control studies of complex disease genes, allele frequencies or allele positivities at candidate loci or markers are compared between cases and controls. Although 2 x 2 contingency tables based on allele frequency and allele positivity are generally used to perform simple statistical tests (e.g. a comparison o...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Ohashi J,Yamamoto S,Tsuchiya N,Hatta Y,Komata T,Matsushita M,Tokunaga K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-gene interaction plays an important role in association studies for complex diseases. There have been different approaches to incorporating gene-gene interactions in candidate gene or genome-wide association studies, especially for those genes with no marginal effects but with interaction effects. However, there ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Yang Y,He C,Ott J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous analyses have provided evidence for one or more loci affecting body weight in the H19-IGF2-INS-TH region on chromosome 11p15. To identify the location of a possible causal locus or loci we applied association analysis by composite likelihood to a large cohort under the Malecot model for body weight. A random ...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Zhang W,Maniatis N,Rodriguez S,Miller GJ,Day IN,Gaunt TR,Collins A,Morton NE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven phage clones containing human sequences were picked at random from a human genomic library cloned in Charon 4A. The clones are devoid of repetitive sequences and can be used to recognize restriction fragment length polymorphisms (Feder et al. 1985). The chromosomal locations of the sequences defined by the seven...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Spurr NK,Feder J,Bodmer WF,Goodfellow PN,Solomon E,Cavalli-Sforza LL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case-control studies are a powerful strategy to identify candidate genes in complex diseases. In admixed populations, association studies can be affected by population stratification, leading to spurious genetic associations. Ancestry informative markers (AIMs) can be used to minimise this effect. The aim of this work...

journal_title：Annals of human genetics

authors： Barbosa FB,Cagnin NF,Simioni M,Farias AA,Torres FR,Molck MC,Araujo TK,Gil-Da-Silva-Lopes VL,Donadi EA,Simões AL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00