Population-Matched Transcriptome Prediction Increases TWAS Discovery and Replication Rate

Summary: Most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) focus on European populations; however, these results cannot always be accurately applied to non-European populations due to genetic architecture differences. Using GWAS summary statistics in the P...

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Main Authors: Elyse Geoffroy, Isabelle Gregga, Heather E. Wheeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220310476