prediction of genetically inherited disease

Question

[aemon.razzaque]

i am writing my proposal for which i am interested in prediction of genetically inherited disease. i want to know

1. which algorithm will be best for this 2.from where i will get data (training sample data) as i do not have bioinformatics background, i am computer science major.

thanks in advance

[Devon Ryan]

Exactly what related to genetically inherited diseases are you trying to predict?

[aemon.razzaque]

like if one of the parents have thalassaemia i want to predict what are chances for having thalassaemia in children

[Devon Ryan]

Then the data you need is a large number of family histories (or to mine pubmed, since it's quite likely that others have directly calculated this for many many many many many disorders.