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A novel copy number variants kernel association test with application to autism spectrum disorders studies.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2016
Zhan Xiang, Girirajan Santhosh, Zhao Ni, Wu Michael C, Ghosh Debashis
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MOTIVATION: Copy number variants (CNVs) have been implicated in a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability and schizophrenia. Recent advances in high-throughput genomic technologies have enabled rapid discovery of many genetic variants including CNVs. As a result, there is increasing interest in studying the role of CNVs in the etiology of many complex...
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