The genetic basis of complex traits: rare variants or "common gene, common disease"?

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The goal of the Human Genome Project and the subsequent HapMap Project was to accelerate the pace at which genes for complex human traits were discovered. Elated by the early successes from cloning disease genes for monogenic disorders, the architects of the projects reasoned that complex human diseases were tractable to positional cloning methods. However, a schism emerged in the field, with hot debates...

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