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Practical Considerations for Dividing Data into Subsets Prior to PPL Analysis
Author(s) -
Manika Govil,
Veronica J. Vieland
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
human heredity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1423-0062
pISSN - 0001-5652
DOI - 10.1159/000143405
Subject(s) - replicate , linkage (software) , locus (genetics) , bayesian probability , genetic linkage , genetic heterogeneity , trait , biology , quantitative trait locus , computational biology , genetics , statistics , computer science , mathematics , phenotype , gene , programming language
The PPL, a class of statistics for complex trait genetic mapping in humans, utilizes Bayesian sequential updating to accumulate evidence for or against linkage across potentially heterogeneous data (sub)sets. Here, we systematically explore the relative efficacy of alternative subsetting approaches for purposes of PPL calculation.

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