Identification of quantitative trait nucleotides that regulate cancer growth: A simulation approach

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 426-439

  Li, Hongying ^a   Kim, Bong Rae ^a   Wu, Rongling ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; EM algorithm; Haplotype structure; Quantitative trait nucleotide

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

CANCER; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HAPLOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33747155863     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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