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Laying a solid foundation for Manhattan--'setting the functional basis for the post-GWAS era'.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Apr 2014
Zhang Xiaoyang, Bailey Swneke D, Lupien Mathieu
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 8900 genetic variants, mainly single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), associated with hundreds of human traits and diseases, which define risk-associated loci. Variants that map to coding regions can affect protein sequence, translation rate, and alternative splicing, all of which influence protein function. However, the vast majority of sequence...
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