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Rare non-coding variants are associated with plasma lipid traits in a founder population.
Scientific reports - 27 Nov 2017
Igartua Catherine, Mozaffari Sahar V, Nicolae Dan L, Ober Carole
Abstract excerpt
Founder populations are ideally suited for studies on the clinical effects of alleles that are rare in general populations but occur at higher frequencies in these isolated populations. Whole genome sequencing in 98 Hutterites, a founder population of European descent, and subsequent imputation revealed 660,238 single nucleotide polymorphisms that are rare (<1%) or absent in European populations, but occur at...
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