A Task Force was assembled to address three data problems in genetic linkage analyses: (1) a secular trend, e.g. cohort effect; (2) positive assortative mating, and (3) bilineal pedigrees. All are ...

Family trees (or pedigrees) can reveal sensitive information that can be used to stigmatize or discriminate against family members. Until recently, information published in scientific journals stayed ...

On Cayo Santiago, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico, demographic and genetic data have been collected on a population of rhesus macaques since 1956. Quantifying which individuals share ...