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Population structure in genetic studies: Confounding factors and mixed models

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) seeks to identify genetic variants that contribute to the development and progression of a specific disease. Over the past 10 years, new approaches using mixed models have emerged to mitigate the deleterious effects of population structure and relatedness in as...

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Autores principales: Sul, Jae Hoon, Martin, Lana S., Eskin, Eleazar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30589851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007309