Bayesian modeling for genetic association in case-control studies: Accounting for unknown population substructure

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 352-372

  Zhang, Li ^a   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Ghosh, Malay ^a   Wu, Rongling ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Gene disease association; Linkage equilibrium; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847414433     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082006071841     Document Type: Article

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