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Genome-wide detection and characterization of mating asymmetry in human populations.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Sept 2011
Bourgey Mathieu, Healy Jasmine, Saint-Onge Pascal, Massé Hugues, Sinnett Daniel, Roy-Gagnon Marie-Hélène
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The study of the genetic component of early-onset diseases requires investigation into parental genetic effects, particularly those mediated by the mother who can influence the offspring's risk of disease through the effects of her genes acting directly on the intrauterine milieu or indirectly through maternal-gene child-gene interaction effects. An important source of bias that can arise in feto-maternal...
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