Hints of hidden heritability in GWAS

Author: Gibson, Greg

Description: Although susceptibility loci identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) typically explain only a small proportion of the heritability, a classical quantitative genetic analysis now argues that considering together all common SNPs can explain a large proportion of the heritability of these complex traits. A related study provides recommendations for the sample sizes needed in future GWAS to identify additional susceptibility loci.

Subject headings: Body Height; Breast Neoplasms; Colorectal Neoplasms; Crohn Disease; Female; Gene Frequency; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genome-Wide Association Study; Genotype; Humans; Male; Polymorphism; Single Nucleotide; Prostatic Neoplasms

Publication year: 2010

Journal or book title: Nature Genetics

Volume: 42

Issue: 7

Pages: 558-560

Find the full text: https://www.nature.com/articles/ng0710-558

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Serial number: 3351

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