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Definition of Penetrances
1. penetrance [n] - See also: penetrance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penetrances
Literary usage of Penetrances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Game Theory, Optimal Stopping, Probability and Statistics: Papers in Honor by Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, F. Thomas Bruss, Lucien Marie Le Cam (2000)
"... ie, Then the probability that two relatives are both affected is 2 l 2 where
VA = 2Y,paf% is the additive variance of the penetrances, VD — . ..."
2. Optimality: The Second Erich L. Lehmann Symposium by Javier Rojo (2006)
"Note that, under the alternative when M is the risk allele, the penetrances have
a natural order: /o < fi < /2 (at least one inequality hold). ..."
3. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth A. Thompson (2000)
"... while the value under the model that the trait locus is unlinked is almost 80
units smaller. Summing the two curves, for the penetrances, ..."
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