Identifying rare variants associated with complex traits via sequencing

Current Protocols in Human Genetics

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.78, 2013, Pages

  Li, Bingshan ^a   Liu, Dajiang J ^b   Leal, Suzanne M ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation analysis; Association tests; Complex traits; Exome; Rare variants; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COMPLEX TRAIT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RARE VARIANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84887013854     PISSN: 19348266     EISSN: 19348258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg0126s78     Document Type: Article

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