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Rapid inexpensive genome-wide association using pooled whole blood.
Genome research - 1 Nov 2009
Craig Jamie E, Hewitt Alex W, McMellon Amy E, Henders Anjali K, Ma Lingjun, Wallace Leanne, Sharma Shiwani, Burdon Kathryn P, Visscher Peter M, Montgomery Grant W, MacGregor Stuart
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have now successfully identified important genetic variants associated with many human traits and diseases. The high cost of genotyping arrays in large data sets remains the major barrier to wider utilization of GWAS. We have developed a novel method in which whole blood from cases and controls, respectively, is pooled prior to DNA extraction for genotyping. We demonstrate...
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