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SAGE programs: model-free linkage analysis for complex cardiovascular phenotypes.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2006
Rao Shaoqi, Wang Qing K
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A complex disease trait refers to a phenotype that does not follow simple Mendelian segregation attributable to a single gene locus, but instead may be caused by multiple disease loci, their interactions, polygenic inheritance, and environmental effects. Most cardiovascular disorders are thought to have a polygenic basis with complex interactions with environmental factors. A gene that increases or decreases the...
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