The phrase "and a trait of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a characteristic or quality associated with someone or something.
Example: "Honesty is a trait of a good leader."
Alternatives: "and a characteristic of" or "and a quality of".
Current genetic association studies aim to identify genetic variants responsible for a disease by investigating associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and a trait of interest.
The simplest model for performing GWAS is linear regression, where the association between markers and a trait of interest is tested one marker at a time.
In general, biological pathway analysis is used to test the association between a curated set of genes (biological pathways) and a trait of interest.
In the GWAS context spurious associations between genetic variants and a trait of interest occur when both allele frequencies and differences in trait distributions (disease prevalence or magnitude of quantitative traits), vary across ethnicities.
SNPs can be used for a range of purposes, including rapid identification of cultivars, construction of ultra high-density genetic maps, and association studies between a given genotype and a trait of interest [ 39].
In Genome-Wide Association Studies GWASS or association mapping) a group of individuals are phenotyped and then genotyped using a large number of SNPs, in order to detect statistical association between a marker and a trait of interest [ 22].
This is one of the traits of great leaders and certainly a trait of Ricky Ponting.
In a standard interpretation k-sequences represent samples from a larger population of individuals; then R and ¬R represent presence and absence of a trait of interest.
Superior handling response to steering forces was a motive for purchase to 65% of customers and is still a trait of the 3 Series.
Marker-assisted selection is based on the association between DNA variation and genes that control a trait of interest and has become an important approach towards improving production traits in animal breeding.
In the same way, the desire to idolise the young and the beautiful was a trait of many early societies, but the movies globalised this instinct.
