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Identity-by-descent mapping to detect rare variants conferring susceptibility to multiple sclerosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Lin Rui, Charlesworth Jac, Stankovich Jim, Perreau Victoria M, Brown Matthew A, Taylor Bruce V
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified around 60 common variants associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), but these loci only explain a fraction of the heritability of MS. Some missing heritability may be caused by rare variants that have been suggested to play an important role in the aetiology of complex diseases such as MS. However current genetic and statistical methods for detecting rare...
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