A Combinatorial Approach to Detecting Gene-Gene and Gene-Environment Interactions in Family Studies

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-467

  Lou, Xiang Yang ^a   Chen, Guo Bo ^a,b   Yan, Lei ^b   Ma, Jennie Z ^c   Mangold, Jamie E ^a   Zhu, Jun ^b   Elston, Robert C ^d   Li, Ming D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE INTERACTION; GENERALIZED MULTIFACTOR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PEDIGREE DISEQUILIBRIUM TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 53049102597     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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