whscore {gap}R Documentation

Whittemore-Halpern scores for allele-sharing

Description

Whittemore-Halpern scores for allele-sharing

Usage

whscore(allele, type)

Arguments

allele

a matrix of alleles of affected pedigree members.

type

0 = pairs, 1 = all.

Details

Allele sharing score statistics.

Value

The returned value is the value of score statistic.

Note

adapted from GENEHUNTER.

Author(s)

Leonid Kruglyak, Jing Hua Zhao

References

Kruglyak L, Daly MJ, Reeve-Daly MP, Lander ES (1996). “Parametric and nonparametric linkage analysis: a unified multipoint approach.” Am J Hum Genet, 58(6), 1347-63. ISSN 0002-9297 (Print) 0002-9297.

Whittemore AS, Halpern J (1994). “A class of tests for linkage using affected pedigree members.” Biometrics, 50(1), 118-27. ISSN 0006-341X (Print) 0006-341x.

Whittemore AS, Halpern J (1994). “Probability of gene identity by descent: computation and applications.” Biometrics, 50(1), 109-17. ISSN 0006-341X (Print) 0006-341x.

Examples

## Not run: 
c<-matrix(c(1,1,1,2,2,2),ncol=2)
whscore(c,type=1)
whscore(c,type=2)

## End(Not run)


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