Identifying genetic variants that affect viability in large cohorts

PLoS Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Mostafavi, Hakhamanesh ^a   Berisa, Tomaz ^b   Day, Felix R ^c   Perry, John R B ^c   Przeworski, Molly ^a   Pickrell, Joseph K ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK GENOME CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ANCESTRY GROUP; APOE GENE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOBANK; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRNA3 GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

COHORT STUDIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85030673849     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002458     Document Type: Article

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