Zipf's law in importance of genes for cancer classification using microarray data

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 539-551

  Li, Wentian ^a   Yang, Yaning ^b  

^a Human Genetics North Shore LIJ Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GENETICS;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SELECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036434526     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3145     Document Type: Article

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