Birs- 18w5154: New Statistical Methods for Family-Based Sequencing Studies

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    Correcting for confounding introduced by batch effects and imputation in family-based designs with whole genome sequence data

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    A General Framework for Variable Selection in Linear Mixed Models with Applications to Genetic Studies with Structured Populations

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    Challenges and new approaches for whole genome analysis in multi-ethnic studies with pedigrees

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    Sharing of rare nucleotide and copy number variants in extended multiplex families

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    Simulating family studies with whole-exome sequencing of multiple affected relatives

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    Inferring allele transmissions in very large genealogies

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    Next-generation sequencing studies in founder populations

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    Rare variant sharing methods with genealogies

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    Whole exome sequencing of affected sister pairs with early onset breast cancer

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    Statistical methods for the integration of functional genomics data and whole exome/genome sequencing data for improved gene discovery

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    Lessons learned from sequencing under a linkage peak in families with vesicoureteric reflux

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    Estimating the effects of copy number variants on intelligence quotient using hierarchical Bayesian models

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    What's under those old linkage peaks? Combining family and cohort analyses to overcome the limitations of large shared segments

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    Using populations and pedigrees structures to identify genetic variations associated with epilepsy

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    Joint modelling of family and case controls through mixtures

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    Combining phenotypes, genotypes and gene genealogies to find trait-influencing variants

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    Inferences from identity by descent in related individuals: pedigree relationships in conjunction and in contrast

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    Using gene genealogies to localize trait-influencing variants in diploid populations

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    Construction of coalescent trees on partially fixed pedigrees

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    Sampling gene genealogies conditional on genotype data from trios

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