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Multi-polygenic score approach to trait prediction.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 May 2018
Krapohl E, Patel H, Newhouse S, Curtis C J, von Stumm S, Dale P S, Zabaneh D, Breen G, O'Reilly P F, Plomin R
Abstract excerpt
A primary goal of polygenic scores, which aggregate the effects of thousands of trait-associated DNA variants discovered in genome-wide association studies (GWASs), is to estimate individual-specific genetic propensities and predict outcomes. This is typically achieved using a single polygenic score, but here we use a multi-polygenic score (MPS) approach to increase predictive power by exploiting the joint power...
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