An algorithm for molecular dissection of tumor progression

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-354

  Liu, Tian ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Tian, Lili ^a   Wu, Rongling ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gompertzian curve; Growth trajectory; Maximum likelihood; QTL; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MATHEMATICS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 15244358815     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-004-0297-z     Document Type: Article

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