Table 2.
Summary of the nature of genetic influence upon gene expression
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Of the genes that are linked to at least one eQTL (column 2), the percentage of genes that are linked in cis are reported in column 3. By definition, the proportion of genes linked in trans is 100—column 3. Linkage hotspots are synonymous to master-regulator eQTLs.
