A gene-centric approach to genome-wide association studies

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Eric Jorgenson
John S. Witte
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[1] University of California,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Center for Human Genetics
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Nature Reviews Genetics | 2006年 / 7卷
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The ability to provide information about variants in genes is crucial to genome-wide association studies. This article argues that the currently available marker sets are unlikely to provide adequate coverage of genic variants, and suggests how this problem could be overcome.
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