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Powerful SNP-set analysis for case-control genome-wide association studies.
American journal of human genetics - 11 Jun 2010
Wu Michael C, Kraft Peter, Epstein Michael P, Taylor Deanne M, Chanock Stephen J, Hunter David J, Lin Xihong
Abstract excerpt
GWAS have emerged as popular tools for identifying genetic variants that are associated with disease risk. Standard analysis of a case-control GWAS involves assessing the association between each individual genotyped SNP and disease risk. However, this approach suffers from limited reproducibility and difficulties in detecting multi-SNP and epistatic effects. As an alternative analytical strategy, we propose...
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