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A robust genome-wide scan statistic of the Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium.
Biometrics - 1 Dec 2009
Joo Jungnam, Kwak Minjung, Ahn Kwangmi, Zheng Gang
Abstract excerpt
In genome-wide association (GWA) studies, test statistics that are efficient and robust across various genetic models are preferable, particularly for studying multiple diseases in the Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium (WTCCC, 2007, Nature 447, 661-678). A new test statistic, the minimum of the p-values of the trend test and Pearson's test, was considered by the WTCCC. It is referred to here as MIN2. Because...
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