Abstract
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been extensively used to estimate the signed effects of trait-associated alleles. One of the key challenges in GWAS are confounding factors, such as population stratification, which can lead to spurious genotype-trait associations. Recent independent studies [1, 8, 10] failed to replicate the strong evidence of previously reported signals of directional selection on height in Europeans in the UK Biobank cohort, and attributed the loss of signal to cryptic relatedness in populations.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Research in Computational Molecular Biology - 24th Annual International Conference, RECOMB 2020, Proceedings |
Editors | Russell Schwartz |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 234-236 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030452568 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 24th Annual Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB 2020 - Padua, Italy Duration: May 10 2020 → May 13 2020 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 12074 LNBI |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | 24th Annual Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB 2020 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Padua |
Period | 05/10/20 → 05/13/20 |
Funding
Supported by NSF IIS 1715202 and NFS DMS 1760353 awarded to PD and PP.