Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are unbiased genome screens of unrelated individuals and appropriately matched controls or parent-affected child trios to establish whether any genetic variant ...

Lorraine Southam is at the Institute of Translational Genomics, Computational Health Center, Helmholtz Munich — German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg 85764, Germany. Eleftheria ...

A new probabilistic study shows that re-identifying anonymized genomes from predicted traits achieves high precision only ...

Many statistical models and algorithms used by scientists can be imagined as a "black box." These models are powerful tools that give accurate predictions, but their internal workings are not easily ...

In landmark research, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have reported the largest-ever genome-wide association study of dementia from ...

Soybean and other legume crops are central to global food and nutritional security, yet the genetic basis of many ...

We now take for granted the idea that a genome-wide association study, or GWAS, can help identify genetic variants associated with complex traits. Such studies have identified loci associated with ...

Experts found individuals with longer repeats of a specific gene sequence in their DNA were more likely to have the disease.

Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to ...

The genome serves as the blueprint for the body, influencing every trait from the shape of the face to the arches of the feet, and even the development of certain diseases. While some disorders, like ...

This lecture series introduces genome-wide association studies (GWAS), focusing on how genetic variation across the genome is analyzed to identify associations with complex traits and diseases. They ...