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Whole-exome sequencing of a pedigree segregating asthma.
BMC medical genetics - 9 Oct 2012
DeWan Andrew T, Egan Kathryn Brigham, Hellenbrand Karen, Sorrentino Keli, Pizzoferrato Nicole, Walsh Kyle M, Bracken Michael B
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BACKGROUND: Despite the success of genome-wide association studies for asthma, few, if any, definitively causal variants have been identified and there is still a substantial portion of the heritability of the disease yet to be discovered. Some of this "missing heritability" may be accounted for by family-specific coding variants found to be segregating with asthma. METHODS: To identify family-specific variants...
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