Estimation of significance thresholds for genomewide association scans

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-234

  Dudbridge, Frank ^a   Gusnanto, Arief ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonferroni; Eigenvalue; Multiple testing; Permutation test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 42249087793     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20297     Document Type: Article

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