Maximum difference analysis: a new empirical method for genome-wide association studies

The availability of high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) panels for humans and, recently, for several livestock species has given a great impulse to genome-wide association studies towards the identification of genes associated with complex traits and diseases. The frequentist and the...

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Main Authors: Massimo Cellesi, Corrado Dimauro, Silvia Sorbolini, Ezequiel Luis Nicolazzi, Giustino Gaspa, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Nicolò Pietro Paolo Macciotta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-07-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2016.1216336