Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

2021/09/01 by Urmo Võsa, Annique Claringbould, Harm-Jan Westra +124 · 34 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

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