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Rare genetic mutations unaccountable for 'missing heritability' in asthma
Healio Catherine Igartua, PhD candidate, of the University of Chicago, and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 13 studies on ethnically diverse samples of asthma cases, nonasthmatic controls and case-parent trios. They sought to understand whether rare or … |
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Rare mutations do not explain "missing heritability" in asthma
HealthCanal.com Despite a strong suspected link between genetics and asthma, commonly found genetic mutations account for only a small part of the risk for developing the disease — a problem known as missing heritability. Rare and low frequency genetic mutations have … Rare mutations do not explain 'missing heritability' in asthma Genetic Mutations in Asthma Come into Question |
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Rare mutations do not explain 'missing heritability' in asthma
Medical Xpress "Previous studies have likely overestimated the heritability of asthma," said study senior author Carole Ober, PhD, Blum-Riese Professor and chair of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. "This could be because those estimates … |
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