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245 0 _aAssessing Rare Variation in Complex Traits
246 _aDesign and Analysis of Genetic Studies
264 1 _aNew York
_bSpringer Nature
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource (263 pages)
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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520 _aThis book is unique in covering a wide range of design and analysis issues in genetic studies of rare variants, taking advantage of collaboration of the editors with many experts in the field through large-scale international consortia including the UK10K Project, GO-T2D and T2D-GENES. Chapters provide details of state-of-the-art methodology for rare variant detection and calling, imputation and analysis in samples of unrelated individuals and families. The book also covers analytical issues associated with the study of rare variants, such as the impact of fine-scale population structure, and with combining information on rare variants across studies in a meta-analysis framework. Genetic association studies have in the last few years substantially enhanced our understanding of factors underlying traits of high medical importance, such as body mass index, lipid levels, blood pressure and many others. There is growing empirical evidence that low-frequency and rare variants play an important role in complex human phenotypes. This book covers multiple aspects of study design, analysis and interpretation for complex trait studies focusing on rare sequence variation. In many areas of genomic research, including complex trait association studies, technology is in danger of outstripping our capacity to analyse and interpret the vast amounts of data generated. The field of statistical genetics in the whole-genome sequencing era is still in its infancy, but powerful methods to analyse the aggregation of low-frequency and rare variants are now starting to emerge.
653 _aGenetic Studies
700 1 _a0000-0002-6315-7553
700 1 _a0000-0003-4238-659X
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700 1 _aMorris, Andrew
700 1 _aZeggini, Eleftheria
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