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A Drosophila functional evaluation of candidates from human genome-wide association studies of type 2 diabetes and related metabolic traits identifies tissue-specific roles for dHHEX.
BMC genomics - 27 Feb 2013
Pendse Jay, Ramachandran Prasanna V, Na Jianbo, Narisu Narisu, Fink Jill L, Cagan Ross L, Collins Francis S, Baranski Thomas J
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BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identify regions of the genome that are associated with particular traits, but do not typically identify specific causative genetic elements. For example, while a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with type 2 diabetes (T2...
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