Joint Analysis of Multiple Traits Using "Optimal" Maximum Heritability Test

The joint analysis of multiple traits has recently become popular since it can increase statistical power to detect genetic variants and there is increasing evidence showing that pleiotropy is a widespread phenomenon in complex diseases. Currently, most of existing methods use all of the traits for...

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Main Authors: Wang, Zhenchuan, Sha, Qiuying, Zhang, Shuanglin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780705/