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Lab Notes

Computational approaches to genetic genealogy through statistical methods for relationship inference and IBD (Identity by Descent) segment analysis.

Available Notes

ERSA Null Hypothesis

Population-level IBD sharing models and background segment analysis

ERSA Alternative Hypothesis

Modeling recent shared ancestry using segment patterns and relationship parameters

Conditional Likelihood Analysis

Mathematical derivation of conditional probability distributions for IBD segment analysis