... proliferation. This model is defined by twokey parameters, carrying capacity (K) and intrinsic growthrate (r). Thus, by estimating genotype-specific differences in these two parameters, the genetic ... Financial Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USAEmail: Kiranmoy Das - Kiranmoy@stat.ufl.edu; Rongling Wu* - rwu@stat.ufl.edu* Corresponding author AbstractThe cancer incidence ... progression. We incorporate the mathematical equations of age-specific cancerincidence into a framework for functional mapping aimed at identifying quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for dynamic changes...