A unified semiparametric framework for quantitative trait loci analyses, with application to spike phenotypes

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 477, 2007, Pages 56-67

  Jin, Chunfang ^a   Fine, Jason P ^a   Yandell, Brian S ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Biased sampling; Epistasis; Exponential tilt model; Genomewide testing; Nonnormal phenotypes; Pseudolikelihood; Resampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947209140     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000000834     Document Type: Article

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