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association study
association study An association study is a research approach that tests whether certain traits or groups, such as people with a condition versus controls, differ in how often particular genetic variants or chromosomal regions appear.
An association study is a research approach that tests whether certain traits or groups, such as people with a condition versus controls, differ in how often particular genetic variants or chromosomal regions appear. In this packet, it refers especially to genome-wide association methods used to look for genetic links with autism-related phenotypes.