A plethora of pleiotropy across complex traits

作者:Visscher Peter M*; Yang Jian
来源:Nature Genetics, 2016, 48(7): 707-708.
DOI:10.1038/ng.3604

摘要

A new analysis has identified hundreds of loci that are associated with multiple traits or diseases by comparing genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for 42 complex traits. The study uses the power of GWAS to provide evidence of pairs of traits with a likely causal relationship.

  • 出版日期2016-7