Handbook on Analyzing Human Genetic Data Computational Approaches and Software /

• Main Authors: Lin, Shili. (Author), Zhao, Hongyu. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Bioinformatics.; Genetics > Mathematics.; Mathematical statistics.; Statistics.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Genetics and Population Dynamics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69264-5

The discipline of statistical genetics is highly computational. Be it exact computational methods, simulation based, or a hybrid of the two, computational packages are indispensable tools and constant companions of researchers in the field. This handbook is intended to provide human geneticists and...

Table of Contents:

• Linkage analysis
• Qualitative traits
• Linkage analysis - quantitative traits
• Association studies - population based
• Association studies - family based
• Population genetics
• Haplotype structure
• Haplotype association analysis
• Monte Carlo analysis methods
• Multiple comparison/testing issues
• Disease risk estimation/analysis
• Other resources.