Simulating gene-gene and gene-environment interactions in complex diseases: Gene-Environment iNteraction Simulator 2

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pinelli, Michele ^a   Scala, Giovanni ^a   Amato, Roberto ^a,b   Cocozza, Sergio ^a   Miele, Gennaro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex disease; Computer simulation; Epistasis; Gene environment interaction; Genetic; Genetics; Genome wide association study; Genomics; Linkage disequilibrium; Population; SimuPOP

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX DISEASE; EPISTASIS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOMICS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POPULATION; SIMUPOP;

CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; SIMULATORS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84862231203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-132     Document Type: Article

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