Polygenic traits and the distribution of effect sizes: years of education from Rietveld et al (2013)
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It is often said that polygenic traits are based on tons of causal variants each of which has a very small effect size. What is less often discussed is the distribution of these effect sizes, although this has some implications.
Polygenic traits and the distribution of effect sizes: years of education from Rietveld et al (2013)
Polygenic traits and the distribution of…
Polygenic traits and the distribution of effect sizes: years of education from Rietveld et al (2013)
It is often said that polygenic traits are based on tons of causal variants each of which has a very small effect size. What is less often discussed is the distribution of these effect sizes, although this has some implications.