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Genome-wide association analysis of imputed rare variants: application to seven common complex diseases.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Dec 2012
Mägi Reedik, Asimit Jennifer L, Day-Williams Aaron G, Zeggini Eleftheria, Morris Andrew P
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Genome-wide association studies have been successful in identifying loci contributing effects to a range of complex human traits. The majority of reproducible associations within these loci are with common variants, each of modest effect, which together explain only a small proportion of heritability. It has been suggested that much of the unexplained genetic component of complex traits can thus be attributed to...
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