Pooled association tests for rare genetic variants: A review and some new results

Statistical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 302-321

  Derkach, Andriy ^a   Lawless, Jerry F ^a,b   Sun, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex traits; Linear statistics; Next generation sequencing; Power; Quadratic statistics; Score tests; Weighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907214453     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/13-STS456     Document Type: Article

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