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Principal component regression and linear mixed model in association analysis of structured samples: competitors or complements?
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Mar 2015
Zhang Yiwei, Pan Wei
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been established as a major tool to identify genetic variants associated with complex traits, such as common diseases. However, GWAS may suffer from false positives and false negatives due to confounding population structures, including known or unknown relatedness. Another important issue is unmeasured environmental risk factors. Among many methods for adjusting for...
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