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Hints of hidden heritability in GWAS

Gibson, Greg·2010·Nature Genetics

Abstract

Although susceptibility loci identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) typically explain only a small proportion of the heritability, a classical quantitative genetic analysis now argues that considering together all common SNPs can explain a large proportion of the heritability of these complex traits. A related study provides recommendations for the sample sizes needed in future GWAS to identify additional susceptibility loci.

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  • The term infinitesimal here means heritability is hidden below significance thresholds rather than truly missing.

    “Here it simply signifies the idea that the heritability is not so much missing, as hidden beneath the significance thresholds used to define risk alleles with high confidence15.”

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Authors
Gibson, G.
Affiliations
Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Gibson, Greg
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2010-07
Volume
42
Issue
7
Pages
558-560
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W1987620105
Cited by
281
References
10
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FWCI
18.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Keywords
heritability, genome-wide association study, complex traits, genetic susceptibility loci, sample size, quantitative genetics, missing heritability
MeSH terms
Body Height, Breast Neoplasms, Crohn Disease, Female, Gene Frequency, Genotype, Humans, Male, Prostatic Neoplasms, Colorectal Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study

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