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Abstract
I present a new approach for calculating probabilities of identity by descent for pairs of haplotypes. The approach is based on a joint hidden Markov model for haplotype frequencies and identity by descent (IBD). This model allows for linkage disequilibrium, and the method can be applied to very dense marker data. The method has high power for detecting IBD tracts of genetic length of 1 cM, with the use of sufficiently dense markers. This enables detection of pairwise IBD between haplotypes from individuals whose most recent common ancestor lived up to 50 generations ago.Mesh:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18430938 PMCID: PMC2323802 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.084624
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genetics ISSN: 0016-6731 Impact factor: 4.562