A simple test of class-level genetic association can reveal novel cardiometabolic trait loci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Qian, Jing ^a   Nunez, Sara ^b   Reed, Eric ^b   Reilly, Muredach P ^c   Foulkes, Andrea S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC TRAIT LOCUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CLASS ASSOCIATION TESTING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CARDIAC MUSCLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; METABOLIC DISEASES; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84959423145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148218     Document Type: Article

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