ESTIMATION OF MALE TO FEMALE RATIO OF MUTATION-RATES FROM CARRIER-DETECTION TESTS IN X-LINKED DISORDERS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 32  (4) , 582-588
Abstract
A method is presented for the estimation of the ratio of male to female mutation rates from female carrier-detection test data from pedigrees containing an isolated male manifesting an X-linked recessive disorder. Pedigrees of any size and complexity (barring consanguinity) and containing any number of tested females can be utilized. The relative fitness of affected males and carrier females, and the segregation probability of the abnormal gamete in females, can be estimated simultaneously with the ratio of mutation rates in order to test specific hypotheses against given bodies of data. The method was applied to families containing isolated individuals affected with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.