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Functional genomics complements quantitative genetics in identifying disease-gene associations.
PLoS computational biology - 11 Nov 2010
Guan Yuanfang, Ackert-Bicknell Cheryl L, Kell Braden, Troyanskaya Olga G, Hibbs Matthew A
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An ultimate goal of genetic research is to understand the connection between genotype and phenotype in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The quantitative genetics field has developed a suite of statistical methods to associate genetic loci with diseases and phenotypes, including quantitative trait loci (QTL) linkage mapping and genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, each of these...
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