Abstract
Current genetic investigations are performed both on the basis of a rational and biologically based choice of candidate genes and through genome wide scans. Nonetheless, lack of replication is a common problem in psychiatric genetics as well as in other genetic fields. There are a number of reasons for this inconsistency, among them a well known but poorly considered issue is gene coverage. The aim of the present paper is to focus on this well known and defectively deemed bias, especially when a candidate gene approach is chosen. The rational and the technical feasibility of this proposal are discussed as well as a survey of current investigations. The known consistent methodology to fix this bias is also discussed.
Keywords: Candidate genes, association studies, psychiatry genetics, methodology
Current Genomics
Title: Incomplete Coverage of Candidate Genes: A Poorly Considered Bias
Volume: 8 Issue: 7
Author(s): Alessandro Serretti, Antonio Drago and Diana De Ronchi
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Keywords: Candidate genes, association studies, psychiatry genetics, methodology
Abstract: Current genetic investigations are performed both on the basis of a rational and biologically based choice of candidate genes and through genome wide scans. Nonetheless, lack of replication is a common problem in psychiatric genetics as well as in other genetic fields. There are a number of reasons for this inconsistency, among them a well known but poorly considered issue is gene coverage. The aim of the present paper is to focus on this well known and defectively deemed bias, especially when a candidate gene approach is chosen. The rational and the technical feasibility of this proposal are discussed as well as a survey of current investigations. The known consistent methodology to fix this bias is also discussed.
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Serretti Alessandro, Drago Antonio and Ronchi De Diana, Incomplete Coverage of Candidate Genes: A Poorly Considered Bias, Current Genomics 2007; 8 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920207783591681
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920207783591681 |
Print ISSN 1389-2029 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5488 |
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