penetrance: Methods for Penetrance Estimation in Family-Based Studies

Implements statistical methods for estimating disease penetrance in family-based studies. Penetrance refers to the probability of disease§ manifestation in individuals carrying specific genetic variants. The package provides tools for age-specific penetrance estimation, handling missing data, and accounting for ascertainment bias in family studies. Cite as: Kubista, N., Braun, D. & Parmigiani, G. (2024) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2411.18816>.

Package details

AuthorNicolas Kubista [aut, cre], BayesMendel Lab [aut]
MaintainerNicolas Kubista <bmendel@jimmy.harvard.edu>
LicenseGPL-3
Version0.1.1
URL https://github.com/nicokubi/penetrance https://nicokubi.github.io/penetrance/
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("penetrance")

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