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		Two-Phase Genetic Association Study Design and Analysis with
		Missing Covariates by Design // Provides functionality for
		designing and analysing two-phase genetic association studies.
		Phase 1 data usually come from genome-wide association study
		(GWAS) results and we assume phase 2  data will be part of a
		targeted genome sequencing or fine-mapping study. At design
		stage, the package assists in selecting a subset of individuals
		that will be sequenced for phase 2 via alternative approaches,
		including a flexible genetic algorithm (GA) for near-optimal
		designs. Once phase 2 data have been collected, the package
		implements methods to analyse phase 1 and phase 2 data together
		using semi-parametric regression models via the expectation-
		maximization (EM) algorithm. For more details see Espin-Garcia,
		Craiu and Bull (2018) doi:10.1002/gepi.22099 and Espin-Garcia,
		Craiu and Bull (2021) doi:10.1002/sim.9211.
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