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Table 3 Sets of penetrances f ij for the ordered genotype ij.

From: A simple nonparametric multipoint procedure to test for linkage through mothers or fathers as well as imprinting effects in the presence of linkage

Genetic models for power calculations

Model

f 11

f 21

f 12

f 22

Additive

0.18

0.48 - δ

0.48 + δ

0.78

Recessive

0.18

0.18

0.18 + δ

0.78

  1. Differences in the penetrances of heterozygous individuals are expressed through a parameter δ that ranges from 0 to 0.3 for the additive model and from 0 to 0.6 for the recessive model. For the penetrance fij, allele i is received from the mother.