Statistical methods in genetics

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-308

  Montana, Giovanni ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association studies; Data mining; Epistasis; Gene mapping; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748803319     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbl028     Document Type: Review

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