On multiple-testing correction in genome-wide association studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-573

  Moskvina, Valentina ^a   Schmidt, Karl Michael ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association studies; Genome wide significance; Multiple testing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PROBABILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 50249187303     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20331     Document Type: Article

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