Improving genetic prediction by leveraging genetic correlations among human diseases and traits

Genetic prediction of complex traits so far has limited accuracy because of insufficient understanding of the genetic risk. Here, Maier et al. develop an improved method for trait prediction that makes use of genetic correlations between traits and apply it to summary statistics of psychiatric disea...

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Main Authors: Robert M. Maier, Zhihong Zhu, Sang Hong Lee, Maciej Trzaskowski, Douglas M. Ruderfer, Eli A. Stahl, Stephan Ripke, Naomi R. Wray, Jian Yang, Peter M. Visscher, Matthew R. Robinson
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e824d72f5f234577ab684601d5afb26b
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