A Covering Method for Detecting Genetic Associations between Rare Variants and Common Phenotypes

Genome wide association (GWA) studies, which test for association between common genetic markers and a disease phenotype, have shown varying degrees of success. While many factors could potentially confound GWA studies, we focus on the possibility that multiple, rare variants (RVs) may act in concer...

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Main Authors: Bhatia, Gaurav (Contributor), Bansal, Vikas (Author), Harismendy, Olivier (Author), Schork, Nicholas J. (Author), Topol, Eric J. (Author), Frazer, Kelly (Author), Bafna, Vineet (Author)
Other Authors: Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology (Contributor), Harvard University- (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2011-06-16T19:14:34Z.
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