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A unified GMDR method for detecting gene-gene interactions in family and unrelated samples with application to nicotine dependence.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2014
Chen Guo-Bo, Liu Nianjun, Klimentidis Yann C, Zhu Xiaofeng, Zhi Degui, Wang Xujing, Lou Xiang-Yang
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Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions govern a substantial portion of the variation in complex traits and diseases. In convention, a set of either unrelated or family samples are used in detection of such interactions; even when both kinds of data are available, the unrelated and the family samples are analyzed separately, potentially leading to loss in statistical power. In this report, to detect gene-gene...
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