genome-wide association study


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genome-wide association study

A research study that compares all of the DNA of people affected by an illness with the DNA of matched healthy individuals. Its aim is to identify specific genetic variations that make some people more likely than others to become sick. These variations (mutations) are often minor, consisting of as little as a change in a single nucleotide in a DNA strand.
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A genome-wide association study of calf birth weight in Holstein cattle using single nucleotide polymorphisms and phenotypes predicted from auxiliary traits.
Stories and challenges of genome wide association studies in livestock--a review
Single-step method: The ss-GBLUP was used to predict DGVs ([DGV.sub.ss]) and analyze genome-wide association study data (ssGWAS).
Comparison of genome-wide association and genomic prediction methods for milk production traits in Korean Holstein cattle
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[3] Schizophrenia Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) Consortium, "Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci," Nature Medicine, vol.
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Nevertheless, this association pattern is in agreement with the results of a previous genome-wide association study in an Icelandic sample [31].
A Pilot Genome-Wide Association Study in Postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo Women Implicates the RMND1/CCDC170 Locus Is Associated with Bone Mineral Density
The genome-wide association study determined that every 1 mmol/L increase in fasting glucose associated with these genes increased the risk of coronary heart disease by 43%, Jordi Merino, PhD, said at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
Genes that drive glucose levels also drive heart disease
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Gene causing childhood ear infections identified
ITPR2 as a susceptibility gene in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A genome-wide association study. Lancet Neurol 2007;6:869-77.
Single-nucleotide Polymorphism rs2275294 in ZNF512B is not Associated with Susceptibility to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in a Large Chinese Cohort
Other topics include image processing and artificial neural networks for the automated identification of plant species from leaf outlines, a genome-wide association study of biological shape based on elliptic Fourier analysis with a case study in rice gain shape variation, evolution and devolution in the spiral shell growth of gastropods, comparing robust generalized superimposition methods using three-dimensional facial images, and Fourier descriptors in a quantitative analysis of whole body outlines.
Biological Shape Analysis; proceedings
Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence.
Gene-based and pathway-based genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a standard approach for studying the genetics of natural variation, typically focusing on association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and traits.
A multi-trait mixed-model for genome-wide association study in barley population
A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus of adiponectin on CDH13 that predicts cardiometabolic outcomes.
Modification of the association between [PM.sub.10] and lung function decline by cadherin 13 polymorphisms in the SAPALDIA cohort: a genome-wide interaction analysis

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