Evidence for sex-specific genetic architectures across a spectrum of human complex traits

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rawlik, Konrad ^a   Canela Xandri, Oriol ^a   Tenesa, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene by sex interactions; Genomic prediction; Sex specific genetic architecture

Indexed keywords

AGNOSTIC; BIOBANK; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84984633125     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1025-x     Document Type: Article

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