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Accounting for a quantitative trait locus for plasma triglyceride levels: utilization of variants in multiple genes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Martin Lisa J, Kissebah Ahmed H, Olivier Michael
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BACKGROUND: For decades, research efforts have tried to uncover the underlying genetic basis of human susceptibility to a variety of diseases. Linkage studies have resulted in highly replicated findings and helped identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for many complex traits; however identification of specific alleles accounting for linkage remains elusive. The purpose of this study was to determine whether with...
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