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A unifying framework for joint trait analysis under a non-infinitesimal model.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2018
Johnson Ruth, Shi Huwenbo, Pasaniuc Bogdan, Sankararaman Sriram
Abstract excerpt
Motivation: A large proportion of risk regions identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are shared across multiple diseases and traits. Understanding whether this clustering is due to sharing of causal variants or chance colocalization can provide insights into shared etiology of complex traits and diseases. Results: In this work, we propose a flexible, unifying framework to quantify the overlap...
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