Leveraging eQTLs to identify individual-level tissue of interest for a complex trait.

Genetic predisposition for complex traits often acts through multiple tissues at different time points during development. As a simple example, the genetic predisposition for obesity could be manifested either through inherited variants that control metabolism through regulation of genes expressed i...

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Main Authors: Arunabha Majumdar, Claudia Giambartolomei, Na Cai, Tanushree Haldar, Tommer Schwarz, Michael Gandal, Jonathan Flint, Bogdan Pasaniuc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-05-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008915&type=printable