Genome Wide Interaction Studies Identify Sex-Specific Risk Alleles for Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts
Jenna C. Carlson, Nichole Nidey, Azeez Butali, Carmen J. Buxó, Kaare Christensen, Frederic W.‐D. Deleyiannis, Jacqueline T. Hecht, L. Leigh Field, Lina M. Moreno‐Uribe, Ieda Maria Orioli, Fernando Adrian Poletta, Carmencita David Padilla, Alexandre Rezende Vieira, Seth Michael Weinberg, George L. Wehby, , Elizabeth J. Leslie
The paper identifies sex-specific risk alleles for nonsyndromic orofacial clefts through genome-wide interaction studies, finding a significant gene-by-sex effect at the 10q21 locus.
Genetic Epidemiology · Sep 11, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics