On the optimal design of genetic variant discovery studies

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ionita Laza, Iuliana ^a   Laird, Nan M ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

sequencing technologies; species problem; variant discovery studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN GENOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 77956395774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15446115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1544-6115.1581     Document Type: Article

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