Prediction of complex human traits using the genomic best linear unbiased predictor.

Despite important advances from Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS), for most complex human traits and diseases, a sizable proportion of genetic variance remains unexplained and prediction accuracy (PA) is usually low. Evidence suggests that PA can be improved using Whole-Genome Regression (WGR)...

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Main Authors: Gustavo de Los Campos, Ana I Vazquez, Rohan Fernando, Yann C Klimentidis, Daniel Sorensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3708840?pdf=render