Meta-analysis of QTL mapping experiments

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 871, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-171

  Wu, Xiao Lin ^a   Hu, Zhi Liang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood; Literature review; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Meta analysis; Nonparametric models; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 1; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRAIT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GENETICS;

MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84865581197     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-785-9_8     Document Type: Review

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