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SUBMITTER: Zhou H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3354651 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of human genetics 20090901 Pt 6
Most of the existing association tests for population-based case-control studies are based on comparing the mean genotype scores between the case and control groups, which may not be efficient under genetic heterogeneity. Given that most common diseases are genetically heterogeneous, caused by mutations in multiple loci, it may be beneficial to fully account for genetic heterogeneity in an association test. Here we first propose a binomial mixture model for such a purpose and develop a correspon ...[more]