Do rare variant genotypes predict common variant genotypes?

The synthetic association hypothesis proposes that common genetic variants detectable in genome-wide association studies may reflect the net phenotypic effect of multiple rare polymorphisms distributed broadly within the focal gene rather than, as often assumed, the effect of common functional varia...

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Main Authors: Kent, Jack W, Farook, Vidya, Göring, Harald HH, Dyer, Thomas D, Almasy, Laura, Duggirala, Ravindranath, Blangero, John
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3287928/