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Table 1 Summary of LOD scores for the four parameter models

From: MLEP: an R package for exploring the maximum likelihood estimates of penetrance parameters

Model

Recombination fraction(θ)

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

True

4.071

3.831

3.535

3.201

2.835

2.438

2.011

1.553

1.066

0.549

Dominant

-0.158

3.296

3.394

3.240

2.965

2.609

2.189

1.714

1.189

0.617

MLE (with γ constraint)

3.992

3.797

3.520

3.198

2.838

2.444

2.017

1.559

1.069

0.550

MLE (unconstrained)

0.781

0.792

0.710

0.603

0.487

0.370

0.260

0.167

0.095

0.041