Imputation-based analysis of association studies: candidate regions and quantitative traits.

We introduce a new framework for the analysis of association studies, designed to allow untyped variants to be more effectively and directly tested for association with a phenotype. The idea is to combine knowledge on patterns of correlation among SNPs (e.g., from the International HapMap project or...

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Main Authors: Bertrand Servin, Matthew Stephens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1934390?pdf=render