Improved statistics for genome-wide interaction analysis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ueki, Masao ^a,b   Cordell, Heather J ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE ONLY STATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAST EPISTASIS STATISTICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY VALIDATION; TYPE 1 ERROR; HUMAN; NOTE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84860564327     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002625     Document Type: Article

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