A weighted U-statistic for genetic association analyses of sequencing data.

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Published in Genet Epidemiol on October 20, 2014

Authors

Changshuai Wei1, Ming Li, Zihuai He, Olga Vsevolozhskaya, Daniel J Schaid, Qing Lu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America.

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