Introduction to statistical methods in modern genetics. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark C.K. Yang ; edited by Chung-Chun Yang.
• Authors: Yang, Mark C. K
• Editors: Yang, Zhongjun
• Contents: BACKGROUND TO MODERN STATISTICAL GENETICS; Introduction: Where is the Gene?; Function of Genes in Reproduction; Some Facts in Molecular Genetics; Tools in Molecular Genetics; Genetic Engineering; Exercise 1; LINKAGE ANALYSIS WITH QUALITATIVE TRAIT; Basic Concepts in Pedigree Analysis; Linkage analysis for Large Pedigrees; Incomplete Penetrance and Sibling Studies; Designs in Linkage Analysis; Exercise 2; GENETICS OF QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Based on Sibpairs; Interval Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci; Heritability Estimation; Breeding Value Evaluation Models; Exercise 3; SPECIAL TOPICS; Small Area Gene Mapping by Linkage Disequilibrium; Gene, Exon, and Intron Identification; Reconstruction of Evolutionary Path; Forensic Evidence Using Genetic Markers; Exercise 4; APPENDIX A: STATISTICAL RESULTS USEFUL IN GENETICS; Multivariate Analysis and Regression; Likelihood Ratio Test and General Linear Models; Multinomial Distribution; Inference on Frequency Tables; Discriminant Analysis and Neural Network; APPENDIX B: SELECTED PUBLIC DOMAIN COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS; A Teaching Linkage Analysis Program for Two Generation Families; A Simulation Program to Computer ELOD and Var(LOD) for Two Generation Families; Liped and Programs Described in Terwilliger and Ott's Handbook; Simlink - Power Prediction for Given Pedigress; SIB-PAIR; A Nonparametric Linkage Software; MAPMAKER/SIBS, MAPMAKER/QTL, Genehunter, GAS; A SAS Program to Computer Kinships Coefficients; Using SAS-IML to Solve Handerson's Equation; ETDT; GeneBank and Genetic Data Sources; ; Answers or Hints to Exercises; Bibliography
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 576.5015195; Genetics -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482287394
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