Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

2015/10/01 by Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson, Jian Yang +438 · 48 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks #Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.09.001

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