The '''Lander–Green algorithm''' is an algorithm, due to [[Eric Lander]] and [[Philip Green (geneticist)|Philip Green]] for computing the [[likelihood]] of observed genotype data given a [[Pedigree chart|pedigree]]. It is appropriate for relatively small pedigrees and a large number of markers. It is used in the analysis of [[genetic linkage]].<ref name="Lander and Green (1987)">Lander, E.S. and Green, P. (1987) [http://www.pnas.org/content/84/8/2363.full.pdf "Construction of multilocus genetic linkage maps in humans"], ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'', 84 (8), 2363–2367</ref><ref name="Abecasis 2005">
Handling Marker-Marker Linkage Disequilibrium: Pedigree Analysis with Clustered Markers