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EPIQ-efficient detection of SNP-SNP epistatic interactions for quantitative traits.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 15 Jun 2014
Arkin Ya'ara, Rahmani Elior, Kleber Marcus E, Laaksonen Reijo, März Winfried, Halperin Eran
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MOTIVATION: Gene-gene interactions are of potential biological and medical interest, as they can shed light on both the inheritance mechanism of a trait and on the underlying biological mechanisms. Evidence of epistatic interactions has been reported in both humans and other organisms. Unlike single-locus genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which proved efficient in detecting numerous genetic loci related...
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