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X-chromosome genetic association test incorporating X-chromosome inactivation and imprinting effects.
Journal of genetics - 1 Nov 2019
Liu Wei, Wang Bei-Qi, Liu-Fu Guojun, Fung Wing Kam, Zhou Ji-Yuan
Abstract excerpt
Studies have shown that many complex diseases are sex-determined. When conducting genetic association studies on X-chromosome, there are two important epigenetic factors which should be considered simultaneously: X-chromosome inactivation and genomic imprinting. Currently, there have been several association tests accounting for the information on X-chromosome inactivation. However, these tests do not take the...
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