Addressing population-specific multiple testing burdens in genetic association studies

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 136-147

  Sobota, Rafal S ^a,b   Shriner, Daniel ^c   Kodaman, Nuri ^a,b   Goodloe, Robert ^a   Zheng, Wei ^d   Gao, Yu Tang ^e   Edwards, Todd L ^d   Amos, Christopher I ^b   Williams, Scott M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Genome wide threshold; GWAS; HapMap; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; EAST ASIAN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MELANOMA;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPMAP PROJECT; HUMANS; MELANOMA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84923225139     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12095     Document Type: Article

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