Association Tests for Rare Variants

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 117-130

  Nicolae, Dan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

burden test; effect size; exome sequencing; genetic association studies; rare variants; study design; variance components; variant annotation; whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; EXOME; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STUDY DESIGN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84984918446     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: 1545293X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083115-022609     Document Type: Review

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