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Definition of the phenotype.
Advances in genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Rice J P, Saccone N L, Rasmussen E
Abstract excerpt
Definition of the phenotype is a key issue in designing any genetic study whose goal is to detect disease genes. This chapter describes strategies to increase the power to detect susceptibility loci for complex diseases. A narrowly defined disease phenotype can offer advantages over broad definitions. Studies of clinical disease can also benefit from judicious selection of endophenotypes and related quantitative...
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