Detection and interpretation of shared genetic influences on 42 human traits

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BiologyGenome-wide association studyGeneticsPhenotypeGenetic associationNonsynonymous substitutionDiseaseGenomeGeneSingle-nucleotide polymorphismGenotypeInternal medicineMedicine

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Year: 2016
Type: article
Volume: 48
Issue: 7
Pages: 709-717
Citations: 1228
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                                    Joseph K. Pickrell, 
                                
                                    Tomaz Berisa, 
                                
                                    Jimmy Z. Liu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Detection and interpretation of shared genetic influences on 42 human traits. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 48
                            (7)
                            , 709-717.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3570
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng.3570