Weighted selective collapsing strategy for detecting rare and common variants in genetic association study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been used successfully in detecting associations between common genetic variants and complex diseases. However, common SNPs detected by current GWAS only explain a small proportion of herit...

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Main Authors: Dai Yilin, Jiang Renfang, Dong Jianping
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/13/7