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Sikta Das Adhikari, Yuehua Cui, Jianrong Wang

    Biorxiv : the Preprint Server for Biology
    |October 31, 2023
    PubMed
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    BayesKAT, a new Bayesian framework, effectively identifies complex genetic associations by adaptively selecting optimal kernels for group-level genetic variant analysis. This method improves upon existing techniques for polygenic diseases, offering enhanced power and type I error control.

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