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Uncovering hidden variance: pair-wise SNP analysis accounts for additional variance in nicotine dependence.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2011
Culverhouse Robert C, Saccone Nancy L, Stitzel Jerry A, Wang Jen C, Steinbach Joseph H, Goate Alison M, Schwantes-An Tae-Hwi, Grucza Richard A, Stevens Victoria L, Bierut Laura J
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Results from genome-wide association studies of complex traits account for only a modest proportion of the trait variance predicted to be due to genetics. We hypothesize that joint analysis of polymorphisms may account for more variance. We evaluated this hypothesis on a case-control smoking phen...
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