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From: SUP: an extension to SLINK to allow a larger number of marker loci to be simulated in pedigrees conditional on trait values

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A two step implementation. (A) First step: simulating genotypes at the trait locus (with two alleles, D and d, the latter being the high risk allele) conditional on the observed trait values, and genotypes at a perfectly informative marker (the descent marker) at the same genetic position as the trait locus. Genotypes are phased. Individuals in black are affected; individuals in white are unaffected. (B) Second step: simulating haplotypes in the founders, allowing for the possibility for markers to be in LD with the trait locus (here warmer colors are associated with high risk alleles) followed by segregation of the chromosomes according to the descent marker and recombination on both sides of the trait locus (at the position of the descent marker) allowing for recombination to occur under sex-specific maps.

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