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Liability

Definition
AI-generated

A latent continuous risk scale postulated for threshold traits; only individuals above a threshold show the binary phenotype.

Topics
Core genetics
Related
Liability Threshold Model Liability Scale Phenotype

Why it matters in GWAS

These concepts shape how we expect variants to act (penetrance, heterogeneity, threshold models) and how GWAS signals should be interpreted alongside family-based evidence.

Example usage

"A replication step checks whether Liability assumptions remain stable across cohorts."

Liability Threshold Model Liability Scale Phenotype
Related-term network

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Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Griffiths AJF, et al. (2015). An Introduction to Genetic Analysis. W. H. Freeman.
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