Genome-wide association study (GWAS)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Mendelian And Population Genetics subtree

Hypothesis-free scan of millions of SNPs for statistical association with trait/disease across large cohorts. Multiple-testing threshold p < 5×10⁻⁸. Identifies common-variant loci with small effect sizes.

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