Local Genetic Correlation Gives Insights into the Shared Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 737-751

  Shi, Huwenbo ^a   Mancuso, Nicholas ^b   Spendlove, Sarah ^c   Pasaniuc, Bogdan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complex traits; epidemiology; etiology; genetic correlation; genetic covariance; genome wide association study; heritability; summary statistics

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 85033557074     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.09.022     Document Type: Article

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