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Twin Azygotic Test for the Study of Hereditary Qualitative Traits in Twin Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

L. Gedda ,
C. Rossi  and
G. Brenci
L. Gedda*
Affiliation:
The Mendel Institute, Rome
C. Rossi
Affiliation:
Institute of Probability Calculus, University of Rome
G. Brenci
Affiliation:
The Mendel Institute, Rome
*
The Mendel Institute, Piazza Galeno 5, 00161 Rome, Italy

Abstract

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Following previous formulations of a model of qualitative analysis of twin population data independent of zygosity, a new Bayesian approach has been developed. The present model can be applied to any qualitative genetic trait in twin population data, provided no specific source of variation be introduced by the twin condition, and allows not only estimation of the frequencies of mono- and dizygosity as well as the gene frequencies, but also verification of the trait's mode of inheritance.

Keywords

Azygotic testBayesian modelDemographic dataMode of inheritanceGene frequencyQualitative analysisTwinsZygosity determination

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 15 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979

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