Model-Based Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction to detect epistasis for quantitative traits in the presence of error-free and noisy data

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 696-703

  Mahachie John, Jestinah M ^a   Van Lishout, François ^a   Van Steen, Kristel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

complex diseases; gene gene interactions; Model Based Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction; noisy data; quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPISTASIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MODEL BASED MULTIFACTOR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION METHOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIFACTOR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79956311471     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.17     Document Type: Article

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