IBAS: Interaction-bridged association studies discovering novel genes underlying complex traits

• Dinghao Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dinghao Wang, Pathum Kossinna

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0441-7431

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• Pathum Kossinna ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dinghao Wang, Pathum Kossinna

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Karen Ardila,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Senitha Kumarapeli,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• M. Ethan MacDonald,

  Roles Writing – review & editing, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5421-3536

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• Jingjing Wu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Qingrun Zhang

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

  * E-mail: qingrun.zhang@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliations Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2701-0711

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