Transferability and Fine Mapping of genome-wide associated loci for lipids in African Americans

• Main Authors: Adeyemo Adebowale (Author), Bentley Amy R (Author), Meilleur Katherine G (Author), Doumatey Ayo P (Author), Chen Guanjie (Author), Zhou Jie (Author), Shriner Daniel (Author), Huang Hanxia (Author), Herbert Alan (Author), Gerry Norman P (Author), Christman Michael F (Author), Rotimi Charles N (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A recent, large genome-wide association study (GWAS) of European ancestry individuals has identified multiple genetic variants influencing serum lipids. Studies of the transferability of these associations to African Americans remain...