Age trends in human chiasma frequencies and recombination fractions. II. Method for analyzing recombination fractions and applications to the ABO:nail-patella linkage.
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Vol. 28 (1) , 69-76
Abstract
A new method is presented for studying the relationship between human recombination fractions and parental age at the time of conception. Assuming the sex specific recombination fraction to be a linear function of age, a feasible computer algorithm is described whereby the likelihood of multigenerational families can be calculated. Using this method and the likelihood ratio test, it is found that for the ABO:nail-patella linkage age (P= .17)is more significant than sex (p= .23) in its effect on the recombination fraction. The age effect, if it is real, appears to be limited to males: the paternal recombination fraction decreases by .0062(+/- .0036) per year.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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