A Method to Prioritize Quantitative Traits and Individuals for Sequencing in Family-Based Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shah, Kaanan P ^a   Douglas, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFECT SIZE; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RARE VARIANT KINSHIP TEST; AMISH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMISH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84876590363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062545     Document Type: Article

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