Why epistasis is important for tackling complex human disease genetics

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Mackay, Trudy F C ^a   Moore, Jason H ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EPISTASIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INBRED STRAIN; INDUCED MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84902009909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm561     Document Type: Note

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