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A Pathway Association Study Tool for GWAS Analyses of Metabolic Pathway Information
Published on: July 1, 2020
[The Collaborative Cross, a groundbreaking tool to tackle complex traits]
Jean-Jacques Panthier1, Xavier Montagutelli
1Génétique Fonctionnelle de la Souris, URA CNRS 2578, Institut Pasteur, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France. panthier@pasteur.fr
Summary
Geneticists developed the Collaborative Cross (CC), a mouse model capturing 90% of mouse genetic variation, to study complex traits and common diseases. Initial experiments with partially inbred CC lines are reported.
Area of Science:
- Genetics
- Genomics
- Complex Trait Genetics
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