An entropy-based approach for testing genetic epistasis underlying complex diseases

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 362-374

  Kang, Guolian ^a   Yue, Weihua ^b   Zhang, Jifeng ^c   Cui, Yuehua ^a   Zuo, Yijun ^a   Zhang, Dai ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Case only design; Complex diseases; Entropy; Genetic epistasis; Genetic network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISTASIS; GENETICS; MALARIA; PHENOTYPE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ENTROPY; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 37349001288     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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