Why structure matters

Elife. 2019 Mar 21:8:e45380. doi: 10.7554/eLife.45380.

Abstract

Great care is needed when interpreting claims about the genetic basis of human variation based on data from genome-wide association studies.

Keywords: GWAS; evolutionary biology; genetics; genomics; human; polygenic adaptation; population genetics; population structure; quantitative genetics; selection for human height.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biological Specimen Banks*
  • Genome-Wide Association Study*
  • Humans
  • Multifactorial Inheritance
  • Selection, Genetic
  • United Kingdom