Discovery of rare variants for complex phenotypes

Human Genetics

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 625-634

  Kosmicki, Jack A ^a,b,c   Churchhouse, Claire L ^a,b   Rivas, Manuel A ^a,b   Neale, Benjamin M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOME; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; MUTATION;

EXOME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84971372240     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-016-1679-1     Document Type: Review

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