Stochastic search and joint fine-mapping increases accuracy and identifies previously unreported associations in immune-mediated diseases

Statistical fine-mapping to pinpoint likely causal variants in a genomic region is complicated by linkage disequilibrium (LD). Here, Asimit et al. compare stepwise and stochastic approaches to fine-mapping and propose a Bayesian multinomial stochastic search method which they apply to six immune-med...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L. Asimit, Daniel B. Rainbow, Mary D. Fortune, Nastasiya F. Grinberg, Linda S. Wicker, Chris Wallace
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/21925d81eaac4ea7a5a05ceb32998ec2
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