Overview of the Rapid Response data.
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SUBMITTER: Brown WM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2826989 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
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Overview of the Rapid Response data.
Brown W M WM Pierce J J JJ Hilner J E JE Perdue L H LH Lohman K K Lu L L de Bakker P I W PI Irenze K K Ziaugra L L Mirel D B DB
Genes and immunity 20091201
The Type I Diabetes Genetics Consortium (T1DGC) Rapid Response Workshop was established to evaluate published candidate gene associations in a large collection of affected sib-pair (ASP) families. We report on our quality control (QC) and preliminary family-based association analyses. A random sample of blind duplicates was analyzed for QC. Quality checks, including examination of plate-panel yield, marker yield, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, mismatch error rate, Mendelian error rate, and allele d ...[more]
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