Exploring Heterogeneity in Genome-Wide Association Studies
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2024) | Viewed by 452
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electronic health records; genomics; genome-wide association studies; rare variant association studies; phenome wide association studies; women's health; epistasis; genetic epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
"Exploring Heterogeneity in Genome-Wide Association Studies" is a research area that seeks to understand the differences in genetic susceptibility to complex diseases across populations. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are widely used to identify disease-associated genetic variants. However, these studies can reveal different results depending on the populations studied, leading to a need for further exploration of heterogeneity. Exploring heterogeneity in GWAS can help identify populations at risk for specific diseases, allowing for earlier diagnosis and intervention and improving precision medicine. This research area aims to identify sources of variability in GWAS results, including differences in sex, ancestry, environmental exposures, and gene–environment interactions, to inform a complete understanding of the genetic architecture of complex diseases.
Dr. Shefali Setia Verma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gene–environment interactions
- sex-stratified
- ancestry-stratified
- heterogeneity
- GWAS
- precision medicine
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