Reconsidering association testing methods using single-variant test statistics as alternatives to pooling tests for sequence data with rare variants.

Association tests that pool minor alleles into a measure of burden at a locus have been proposed for case-control studies using sequence data containing rare variants. However, such pooling tests are not robust to the inclusion of neutral and protective variants, which can mask the association signa...

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Main Authors: Daniel D Kinnamon, Ray E Hershberger, Eden R Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281828?pdf=render