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Author(s):
Jian Yang, Jian Zeng, Michael E Goddard, Naomi R Wray, Peter M Visscher
Publish date:
1 September 2017
Journal:
Nature Genetics
PubMed ID:
28854176

Abstract

Jian Yang and colleagues explore the uses and abuses of heritability estimates derived from pedigrees and from GWAS SNPs and make recommendations for best practice in future applications of SNP-based heritability.

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Institution:
University of Queensland, Australia

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