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A unified approach for allele frequency estimation, SNP detection and association studies based on pooled sequencing data using EM algorithms.
BMC genomics - 1 Jan 2013
Chen Quan, Sun Fengzhu
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BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many common polymorphisms associated with complex traits. However, these associated common variants explain only a small fraction of the phenotypic variances, leaving a substantial portion of genetic heritability unexplained. As a result, searches for "missing" heritability are drawing increasing attention, particularly for rare variant studies...
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