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GEM: scalable and flexible gene-environment interaction analysis in millions of samples.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 25 Oct 2021
Westerman Kenneth E, Pham Duy T, Hong Liang, Chen Ye, Sevilla-González Magdalena, Sung Yun Ju, Sun Yan V, Morrison Alanna C, Chen Han, Manning Alisa K
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MOTIVATION: Gene-environment interaction (GEI) studies are a general framework that can be used to identify genetic variants that modify the effects of environmental, physiological, lifestyle or treatment effects on complex traits. Moreover, accounting for GEIs can enhance our understanding of the genetic architecture of complex diseases and traits. However, commonly used statistical software programs for GEI...
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