Leveraging information between multiple population groups and traits improves fine-mapping resolution

Abstract Statistical fine-mapping helps to pinpoint likely causal variants underlying genetic association signals. Its resolution can be improved by (i) leveraging information between traits; and (ii) exploiting differences in linkage disequilibrium structure between diverse population groups. Using...

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Main Authors: Feng Zhou, Opeyemi Soremekun, Tinashe Chikowore, Segun Fatumo, Inês Barroso, Andrew P. Morris, Jennifer L. Asimit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43159-5