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Enum: AssociationBasisEnum

Permissible values for the 'association basis qualifier', indicating the nature or basis of an association asserted using the 'associated with' predicate or one of its subpredicates.

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
statistical None An association based on statistical dependence (i.e., non-independence), derived from analysis of observational or experimental data using an appropriate statistical method.
functional None An association based on the participation of two biological entities in a common biological function, process, pathway, reaction, molecular complex, interaction, gene expression program, or other functional system. Functionally associated entities need not interact directly or contribute in the same direction to the shared function; they are related by their involvement in the same biological phenomenon.
genetic None An association based on the relationship of two biological entities through inherited genetic variation. Examples include associations between genetic variants and phenotypes, diseases, traits, gene expression levels, protein abundance, or other molecular or organismal phenotypes. Such associations do not necessarily imply causation or direct biological function and are typically identified through genetic association studies, including genome-wide association studies (GWAS), phenome-wide association studies (PheWAS), and quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping (e.g., eQTL and pQTL analyses).

Slots constrained by this enum

Name
association_basis_qualifier

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name: AssociationBasisEnum
description: Permissible values for the 'association basis qualifier', indicating
  the nature or basis of an association asserted using the 'associated with' predicate
  or one of its subpredicates.
in_subset:
- translator_minimal
from_schema: https://w3id.org/biolink/vocab/
permissible_values:
  statistical:
    text: statistical
    description: An association based on statistical dependence (i.e., non-independence),
      derived from analysis of observational or experimental data using an appropriate
      statistical method.
  functional:
    text: functional
    description: An association based on the participation of two biological entities
      in a common biological function, process, pathway, reaction, molecular complex,
      interaction, gene expression program, or other functional system. Functionally
      associated entities need not interact directly or contribute in the same direction
      to the shared function; they are related by their involvement in the same biological
      phenomenon.
  genetic:
    text: genetic
    description: An association based on the relationship of two biological entities
      through inherited genetic variation. Examples include associations between genetic
      variants and phenotypes, diseases, traits, gene expression levels, protein abundance,
      or other molecular or organismal phenotypes. Such associations do not necessarily
      imply causation or direct biological function and are typically identified through
      genetic association studies, including genome-wide association studies (GWAS),
      phenome-wide association studies (PheWAS), and quantitative trait locus (QTL)
      mapping (e.g., eQTL and pQTL analyses).