Pleiotropy in complex traits: challenges and strategies

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PleiotropyBiologyPhenotypeSpurious relationshipComputational biologyGenome-wide association studyGenetic associationQuantitative trait locusGeneticsEvolutionary biologyGeneSingle-nucleotide polymorphismGenotypeComputer scienceMachine learning

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Year: 2013
Type: review
Volume: 14
Issue: 7
Pages: 483-495
Citations: 1125
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                                    Nadia Solovieff, 
                                
                                    Chris Cotsapas, 
                                
                                    Phil H. Lee
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Pleiotropy in complex traits: challenges and strategies. 
                            Nature Reviews Genetics
                            , 14
                            (7)
                            , 483-495.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3461
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nrg3461