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Table 3 Genotype-phenotype relationships for subclinical traits

From: Construction of the model for the Genetic Analysis Workshop 14 simulated data: genotype-phenotype relationships, gene interaction, linkage, association, disequilibrium, and ascertainment effects for a complex phenotype

Trait

Loci involved

Inheritance of trait

Unaffected individuals

  

a

D1 + D3

dominant, 30% penetrance

b

D1

dominant, 30% penetrance

c

D4

dominant, 15% penetrance

d

D3

dominant, 18% penetrance

e

D2

dominant, 19% penetrance

f

D2

dominant, 19% penetrance

g

D4

dominant, 15% penetrance

h

D2

dominant, 20% penetrance

i

none

random, 30% probability

j

none

random, 30% probability

k

D2 + D4

one disease allele at each locus, 30% penetrance

l

D4

recessive, 30% penetrance

Affected individuals

  

Phenotype 1

D1 + D2

have traits b, e, f, h

Phenotype 2

D2 + D3, D3 + D4

c, d, e, f, g, h

Phenotype 3

D1 + D4, D2 + D3

b, c, d, e, f, g, h

a

D1 + D3

dominant, 100% penetrance

i

none

random, 30% probability

j

none

random, 30% probability

k

D2 + D4

one disease allele at each locus, 30% penetrance

l

D4

recessive, 30% penetrance