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Systems genetics approaches for understanding complex traits with relevance for human disease.
eLife - 14 Nov 2023
Allayee Hooman, Farber Charles R, Seldin Marcus M, Williams Evan Graehl, James David E, Lusis Aldons J
Abstract excerpt
Quantitative traits are often complex because of the contribution of many loci, with further complexity added by environmental factors. In medical research, systems genetics is a powerful approach for the study of complex traits, as it integrates intermediate phenotypes, such as RNA, protein, and metabolite levels, to understand molecular and physiological phenotypes linking discrete DNA sequence variation to...
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