The Length of the Expressed 3′ UTR Is an Intermediate Molecular Phenotype Linking Genetic Variants to Complex Diseases
In the last decades, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered tens of thousands of associations between common genetic variants and complex diseases. However, these statistical associations can rarely be interpreted functionally and mechanistically. As the majority of the disease-associ...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00714/full |