A hierarchical and modular approach to the discovery of robust associations in genome-wide association studies from pooled DNA samples

Table 2 Summary of the pools of DNA samples that were used for the validation of the analytical method. Each pool was done in duplicates.

Phenotype	Sample size
Exceptional longevity	130 male centenarians
	130 male controls
	130 female centenarians
	100 female controls
Fetal hemoglobin expression	55 sickle cell anemia subjects with fetal hemoglobin below 3% of the total hemoglobin
	54 sickle cell anemia subjects with fetal hemoglobin above 6.5% of the total hemoglobin

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