DesignGG: An R-package and web tool for the optimal design of genetical genomics experiments

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a   Swertz, Morris A ^a,b   Vera, Gonzalo ^a   Fu, Jingyuan ^b   Breitling, Rainer ^a   Jansen, Ritsert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERACTION EFFECT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES; WEB IMPLEMENTATION;

DRUG THERAPY; GENES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EXPERIMENTS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL POPULATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; RELIABILITY; ANIMAL; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENOMICS; INTERNET; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67650666475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-188     Document Type: Article

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