Chunk #76 — Background — Where and how the data were collected

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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.

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In all four data collection efforts, family members not meeting criteria for KDP were tested using the Kofendrerd Research Assessment Protocol and investigators recorded whether unaffected family members had any of the 12 (a-l) categories of clinical characteristics under the three diagnostic groups listed above.