The genetic basis of complex traits: rare variants or "common gene, common disease"?

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Published in Methods Mol Biol on January 01, 2007

Authors

Sudha K Iyengar1, Robert C Elston

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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