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Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories

Authors :
Jian Zeng
Angli Xue
Longda Jiang
Luke R. Lloyd-Jones
Yang Wu
Huanwei Wang
Zhili Zheng
Loic Yengo
Kathryn E. Kemper
Michael E. Goddard
Naomi R. Wray
Peter M. Visscher
Jian Yang
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Methods to study how natural selection shapes genetic architecture of complex traits rely on individual level genome-wide association study (GWAS) data. Here, the authors present a Bayesian method using GWAS summary statistics to study genetic architecture and apply this to 155 complex traits.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7021cd9e0b7a461ab740f757fc19b112
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21446-3