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Human genetics: Pleiotropic mutations

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Originally posted:6th December 2011: 2:42 pm
Last updated:16th December 2011: 2:30 pm
Short URL:http://gen2phen.org/node/51347
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doi:10.1038/nrg3132
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http://feeds.nature.com/~r/nrg/rss/aop/~3/Mn_3VaRPS9w/nrg3132

A large-scale analysis of SNPs and genes that are reported to be associated with common complex diseases and traits has found abundant pleiotropy: that is, each individual gene mutation may have a role in multiple diseases.

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