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Gene--environment-wide association studies: emerging approaches.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Apr 2010
Thomas Duncan
Abstract excerpt
Despite the yield of recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies, the identified variants explain only a small proportion of the heritability of most complex diseases. This unexplained heritability could be partly due to gene--environment (G×E) interactions or more complex pathways involving multiple genes and exposures. This Review provides a tutorial on the available epidemiological designs and statistical...
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