Meta-analysis of sex-specific genome-wide association studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 846-853

  Magi, Reedik ^a   Lindgren, Cecilia M ^a   Morris, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene sex interaction; Genome wide association study; Heterogeneity; Meta analysis; Sex specific effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALLELES; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX;

EID: 78649505227     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20540     Document Type: Article

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