MultiPhen: joint model of multiple phenotypes can increase discovery in GWAS.

The genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach has discovered hundreds of genetic variants associated with diseases and quantitative traits. However, despite clinical overlap and statistical correlation between many phenotypes, GWAS are generally performed one-phenotype-at-a-time. Here we compare...

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Main Authors: Paul F O'Reilly, Clive J Hoggart, Yotsawat Pomyen, Federico C F Calboli, Paul Elliott, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Lachlan J M Coin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3342314?pdf=render