A robust statistical method for association-based eQTL analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Ning ^a,c   Wang, Minghui ^a   Jia, Tianye ^a   Wang, Lin ^b   Leach, Lindsey ^a   Hackett, Christine ^c   Marshall, David ^d   Luo, Zewei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BioSS   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79961223878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023192     Document Type: Article

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