Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data
Feng R, Leckman JF, Zhang H. Linkage analysis of ordinal traits for pedigree data. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 16739-16744. PMID: 15548606, PMCID: PMC534720, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0404623101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinkage analysisOrdinal traitsTourette Syndrome Association International ConsortiumLinkage analysis methodsQuantitative traitsEvidence of linkageGenome scanLinkage scanHuman diseasesAllele sharingTraitsPedigree dataInheritance patternDichotomous traitsSignificant allele sharingPhenotypeProportional odds logistic modelGENEHUNTERGenesGeneticsMarkersInternational Consortium