Fig. 3From: Interpretation of the role of germline and somatic non-coding mutations in cancer: expression and chromatin conformation informed analysisExpression quantitative trait locus. A An expression QTL arises due to DNA variation (single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP) modifying the transcription level of target gene X in an allele-specific manner. B Association between a SNP’s genotype and the expression level of target gene X in hundreds of individualsBack to article page