1.Columbia Genome Center,Columbia University,New York,USA;2.Departments of Genetics & Development, and Psychiatry,Columbia University,New York,USA;3.Division d'Epidémiologie Clinique,H?pitaux Universitaires de Genève,Geneva,Switzerland
Abstract:
Background
Haplotype based linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping has become a powerful and cost-effective method for performing genetic association studies, particularly in the search for genetic markers in linkage disequilibrium with complex disease loci. Various methods (e.g. Monte-Carlo (Gibbs sampling); EM (expectation maximization); and Clark's method) have been used to estimate haplotype frequencies from routine genotyping data.