Chapter title |
Identification of Genotype Errors
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Chapter number | 2 |
Book title |
Statistical Human Genetics
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7274-6_2 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7273-9, 978-1-4939-7274-6
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Authors |
Jeffery O’Connell, Yin Yao |
Abstract |
It has been documented that there exist some errors in most large genotype datasets and that an error rate of 1-2% is sufficient to lead to the distortion of map distance as well as a false conclusion of linkage (Abecasis et al., Eur J Hum Genet 9:130-134, 2001), therefore one needs to ensure that the data are as clean as possible. On the other hand, the process of data cleaning is tedious and demands effort and experience. O'Connell and Weeks implemented four error-checking algorithms in computer software called PedCheck. In this chapter, the four algorithms implemented in PedCheck are discussed with a focus on the genotype-elimination method. Furthermore, an example for four levels of error checking permitted by PedCheck is provided with the required input files. In addition, alternative algorithms implemented in other statistical computing programs are also briefly discussed. |
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