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On the use of allelic transmission rates for assessing gene-by-environment interaction in case-parent trios.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 2010
Shin Ji-Hyung, McNeney Brad, Graham Jinko
Abstract excerpt
Allelic transmission rates from parents to cases are frequently stratified by an environmental risk factor E and compared, with heterogeneity interpreted as gene-environment interaction or GxE. Though generally invalid, such analyses continue to appear. We revisit why heterogeneity is not equivalent to GxE in a range of settings not considered previously. The objective is a fuller understanding of the bias in...
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