gap (version 1.1-1)

whscore: Whittemore-Halpern scores for allele-sharing

Description

Allele sharing score statistics

Usage

whscore(allele,type)

Arguments

allele

a matrix of alleles of affected pedigree members

type

0 = pairs, 1 = all

Value

• The returned value is the value of score statistic

References

Kruglyak L, Daly MJ, Reeve-Daly MP, Lander ES (1996) Parametric and Nonparametric linkage analysis: a unified multipoint approach. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 58:1347-1363

Whittemore AS, Halpern J (1994) A class of tests for linkage using affected pedigree members. Biometrics 50:118-127

Whittemore AS, Halpern J (1994) Probability of gene identity by descent: computation and applications. Biometrics 50:109-117

Examples

c<-matrix(c(1,1,1,2,2,2),ncol=2)
whscore(c,type=1)
whscore(c,type=2)