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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2026

On the genetic origins of phenotypes in genome-wide association studies: the SAFE-h

Behrooz Darbani, Mogens Nicolaisen

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Behrooz DarbaniDepartment of Agroecology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, 4200, Slagelse, Denmark. bds@rsyd.dk.
Mogens NicolaisenDepartment of Agroecology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, 4200, Slagelse, Denmark. mn@agro.au.dk.

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Abstract

backgroundThis study highlights biologically meaningless negative contributions to heritability estimates and introduces SAFE-h

resultsBy examining 74 phenotypes across eight species, SAFE-h

conclusionsSNPs with potentially negative contributions to the heritability estimate should be excluded from the model. The widespread assumption that SNP-specific non-additive allelic effects are negligible does not rest on any inherent genetic or biological principles. The advantage of SAFE-h

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AllelesGenome-Wide Association StudyPhenotypeSoftwareModels, GeneticPolymorphism, Single NucleotideAdditive effectsFalse-positive hitsGWASHeritabilityNon-additive effectsSNP

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