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Why should one consider flanking sequences around genes for tagSNP selection?

April 26, 2017flanking genes selection sequences tagsnp

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Why should one consider flanking sequences around genes for tagSNP selection?

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Disease causing variation need not necessarily lie in the coding region of a gene. Potential regulatory regions in the 5’ or 3’ flanking regions of the gene, including the promoter, could harbor relevant variants.