Missing heritability: is the gap closing? An analysis of 32 complex traits in the Lifelines Cohort Study

Despite the recent explosive rise in number of genetic markers for complex disease traits identified in genome-wide association studies, there is still a large gap between the known heritability of these traits and the part explained by these markers. To gauge whether this 'heritability gap...

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Published in:	European journal of human genetics : EJHG Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. 877 - 885
Main Authors:	Nolte, Ilja M, van der Most, Peter J, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, de Bakker, Paul IW, Boezen, H Marike, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Franke, Lude, van der Harst, Pim, Navis, Gerjan, Postma, Dirkje S, Rots, Marianne G, Stolk, Ronald P, Swertz, Morris A, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce HR, Wijmenga, Cisca, Snieder, Harold
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Nature Publishing Group 01.06.2017
Subjects:	Bioinformatics Blood Cell Count Blood Pressure - genetics Clinical medicine Diabetes Disease Epidemiology Gene loci Genes, Dominant Genetic markers Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genetics Genome-Wide Association Study - methods Genome-Wide Association Study - standards Genomes Health risk assessment Heart Rate - genetics Heritability Humans Morbidity Phenotype Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Quantitative Trait, Heritable Respiration - genetics Single-nucleotide polymorphism Studies Netherlands
ISSN:	1018-4813, 1476-5438, 1476-5438
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