Autosomal genetic control of human gene expression does not differ across the sexes

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kassam, Irfahan ^a   Lloyd Jones, Luke ^a   Holloway, Alexander ^a   Small, Kerrin S ^b   Zeng, Biao ^c   Bakshi, Andrew ^a   Metspalu, Andres ^d   Gibson, Greg ^c   Spector, Tim D ^b   Esko, Tonu ^d   Montgomery, Grant W ^a,e   Powell, Joseph E ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^a   McRae, Allan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genetic correlation; Sex specific genetic architecture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CDC34 GENE; CHROMOSOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CAUCASIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PEDIGREE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85001040061     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1111-0     Document Type: Article

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