Robust linear regression methods in association studies

Bioinformatics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 815-821

  Lourenco V M ^a   Pires, A M ^b   Kirst, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 79952589037     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr006     Document Type: Article

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