Article
A unified framework for multi-locus association analysis of both common and rare variants.
BMC genomics - 31 Jan 2011
Shriner Daniel, Vaughan Laura Kelly
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Common, complex diseases are hypothesized to result from a combination of common and rare genetic variants. We developed a unified framework for the joint association testing of both types of variants. Within the framework, we developed a union-intersection test suitable for genome-wide analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), candidate gene data, as well as medical sequencing data. The...
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