GENEHUNTER: application to analysis of bipolar pedigrees and some extensions

Genet Epidemiol. 1997;14(6):659-63. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:6<659::AID-GEPI18>3.0.CO;2-P.

Abstract

A newly developed nonparametric multipoint linkage analysis (NPL) by Kruglyak et al. [1996] was applied to the data set from the Johns Hopkins Bipolar Study available through the GAW10 workshop. Our results from GENEHUNTER do not support the analyses of Stine et al. [1995]. Some possible extensions to incorporate unaffecteds are also discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Bipolar Disorder / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genetic Linkage*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nuclear Family
  • Pedigree
  • Software*
  • Statistics, Nonparametric