Genome-Wide Association Studies and Heritability Estimation in the Functional Genomics Era

This book chapter brings together information about current aspects of genome-wide studies and the concept of heritability

Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are designed to detect the statistical association between genomic markers and phenotypic data in order to identify loci that control complex traits and more recently to quantify the relative amount of trait variance that arises from genetic sources. Moreover, many genomic resources have been generated and analytical tools developed to bring together information linking GWAS results to causal variants. This book chapter is an effort to bring together information about current aspects of genome-wide studies and the concept of heritability

This work is part of the “Next Generation Cassava Breeding Project” which is supported by the UK Department for International Development, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Citation

Pino Del Carpio D., Lozano R., Wolfe M.D., Jannink JL. (2018) Genome-Wide Association Studies and Heritability Estimation in the Functional Genomics Era. In: . Population Genomics. Springer, Cham

Genome-Wide Association Studies and Heritability Estimation in the Functional Genomics Era

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Published 27 February 2018