Association mapping, using a mixture model for complex traits

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2002

Abstract

Association mapping for complex diseases using unrelated individuals can be more powerful than family-based analysis in many settings. In addition, this approach has major practical advantages, including greater efficiency in sample recruitment. Association mapping may lead to false-positive findings, however, if population stratification is not properly considered. In this paper, we propose a method that makes it possible to infer the number of subpopulations by a mixture model, using a set of independent genetic markers and then testing the association between a genetic marker and a trait. The proposed method can be effectively applied in the analysis of both qualitative and quantitative traits. Extensive simulations demonstrate that the method is valid in the presence of a population structure. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Genetic Epidemiology

First Page

181

Last Page

196

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