An entropy test for single-locus genetic association analysis

BMC Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ruiz Marín, Manuel ^a   Matilla García, Mariano ^c   Cordoba, José A G ^a   Susillo González, Juan L ^b   Romo Astorga, Alejandro ^b   González Pérez, Antonio ^b   Ruiz, Agustín ^b   Gayán, Javier ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b Neocodex ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENTROPY; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POWER ANALYSIS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ENTROPY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77952263542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-19     Document Type: Article

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