- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 44
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Marie-Hélène GARCIA, Regina CAVA GARCÍA, Rubén ORTIZ PAMPLIN
- Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
- Term: LOD score (Z score)
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: LOD score is a mathematical score of the relative liklihood of two loci being linked.
- Context: […] by changing the position of the disease locus against a fixed map of markers and calculating LOD score corresponding to the given position.
- Notes: LOD score is calculated as follows LOD score is calculated as follows
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Context: FLEROVA, N. (2010). Calculating LOD score: experimental comparison. [Online], University of California, September 17. Available on: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dechter/publications/r178.pdf [Date consulted] 11/05/13.
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