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(a) If transmitted by an intermediate trait, the effect of a gene may be diluted by other genetic or environmental influences, which thus impair the power of an association study. (b) If the trait is not truly intermediate and a substantial part of the correlation with the disease results from the pleiotropic effects of the gene, the power of an association study is not impaired in the same way.
