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. 2014 Jun 9;6(6):124.
doi: 10.1186/gm561. eCollection 2014.

Why epistasis is important for tackling complex human disease genetics

Trudy Fc Mackay  1 , Jason H Moore  2
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Why epistasis is important for tackling complex human disease genetics

Trudy Fc Mackay et al. Genome Med. .

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Abstract

Epistasis has been dismissed by some as having little role in the genetic architecture of complex human disease. The authors argue that this view is the result of a misconception and explain why exploring epistasis is likely to be crucial to understanding and predicting complex disease.

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