Controlling false discoveries in genetic
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Edwin J.C.G. van den Oord
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A false discovery occurs when a researcher concludes that a marker is involved in the etiology of the disease whereas in reality it is not. In genetic studies the risk of false discoveries is very high because only few among the many markers that can be tested will have an effect on the