FamAgg: an R package to evaluate familial aggregation of traits in large pedigrees

Summary: Familial aggregation analysis is the first fundamental step to perform when assessing the extent of genetic background of a disease. However, there is a lack of software to analyze the familial clustering of complex phenotypes in very large pedigrees. Such pedigrees can be utilized to calcu...

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Main Authors: Rainer, Johannes, Taliun, Daniel, D’Elia, Yuri, Pattaro, Cristian, Domingues, Francisco S., Weichenberger, Christian X.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866523/