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Variance component model to account for sample structure in genome-wide association studies.
Nature genetics - 1 Apr 2010
Kang Hyun Min, Sul Jae Hoon, Service Susan K, Zaitlen Noah A, Kong Sit-Yee, Freimer Nelson B, Sabatti Chiara, Eskin Eleazar
Abstract excerpt
Although genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified numerous loci associated with complex traits, imprecise modeling of the genetic relatedness within study samples may cause substantial inflation of test statistics and possibly spurious associations. Variance component approaches, such as efficient mixed-model association (EMMA), can correct for a wide range of sample structures by explicitly...
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