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Limited evidence for blood eQTLs in human sexual dimorphism.
Genome medicine - 11 Aug 2022
Porcu Eleonora, Claringbould Annique, Weihs Antoine, Lepik Kaido, Richardson Tom G, Völker Uwe, Santoni Federico A, Teumer Alexander, Franke Lude, Reymond Alexandre, Kutalik Zoltán
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetic underpinning of sexual dimorphism is very poorly understood. The prevalence of many diseases differs between men and women, which could be in part caused by sex-specific genetic effects. Nevertheless, only a few published genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were performed separately in each sex. The reported enrichment of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) among GWAS-associated...
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