In the past few years genome-wide association (GWA) studies have uncovered a large
number of convincingly replicated associations for many complex human diseases …

Feature selection techniques have become an apparent need in many bioinformatics
applications. In addition to the large pool of techniques that have already been developed in …

Rapeseed (Brassica napus) is the second most important oilseed crop in the world but the
genetic diversity underlying its massive phenotypic variations remains largely unexplored …

Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) can identify common alleles that contribute to
complex disease susceptibility. Despite the large number of SNPs assessed in each study …

BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is characterized by dry skin and a hyperactive
immune response to allergens, 2 cardinal features that are caused in part by epidermal …

Whole-genome association studies present many new statistical and computational
challenges due to the large quantity of data obtained. One of these challenges is haplotype …

Linkage disequilibrium—the nonrandom association of alleles at different loci—is a sensitive
indicator of the population genetic forces that structure a genome. Because of the explosive …

Making sense of rapidly evolving evidence on genetic associations is crucial to making
genuine advances in human genomics and the eventual integration of this information in the …

Genetic factors strongly affect susceptibility to common diseases and also influence disease-
related quantitative traits. Identifying the relevant genes has been difficult, in part because …

Inherited genetic variation has a critical but as yet largely uncharacterized role in human
disease. Here we report a public database of common variation in the human genome: more …