Advantages of Bayesian hierarchical modelling for constructing genetic linkage maps

<p dir="ltr"><b>Introduction</b></p><p dir="ltr">Genetic maps give a 1-D representation of inheritance on a chromosome</p><ul><li>Genetic markers (positions on a genome where variation is present)</li><li>Genetic distance between markers</li></ul><p dir="ltr">They form the basis of a number of genetic analyses, e.g.</p><ul><li>Multipoint linkage analysis</li><li>Quantitative trait locus analysis</li><li>Estimation of historic population size</li></ul><p dir="ltr">Guest lecture at Statistical Genetics Workshop, Lincoln, New Zealand, 11 April 2024</p>