Increasing mapping precision of genome-wide association studies: to genotype and impute, sequence, or both?

Abstract Fine-mapping to identify causal variants in genome-wide association studies remains challenging. A recent study provides guidance for future research.

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Main Authors: Zhaoming Wang, Nilanjan Chatterjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Genome Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-017-1255-6
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spelling doaj-1ab886d694e1468c8eb799b2e9d33fb62020-11-25T00:35:07ZengBMCGenome Biology1474-760X2017-06-011811310.1186/s13059-017-1255-6Increasing mapping precision of genome-wide association studies: to genotype and impute, sequence, or both?Zhaoming Wang0Nilanjan Chatterjee1Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health and Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins UniversityAbstract Fine-mapping to identify causal variants in genome-wide association studies remains challenging. A recent study provides guidance for future research.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-017-1255-6
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title_short Increasing mapping precision of genome-wide association studies: to genotype and impute, sequence, or both?
title_full Increasing mapping precision of genome-wide association studies: to genotype and impute, sequence, or both?
title_fullStr Increasing mapping precision of genome-wide association studies: to genotype and impute, sequence, or both?
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