Predicting signatures of "synthetic associations" and "natural associations" from empirical patterns of human genetic variation.
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have in recent years discovered thousands of associated markers for hundreds of phenotypes. However, associated loci often only explain a relatively small fraction of heritability and the link between association and causality has yet to be uncovered for most l...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3390358?pdf=render |