Genome-Wide Pathway Association Studies of Multiple Correlated Quantitative Phenotypes Using Principle Component Analyses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Guo, Xiong ^a   Wu, Shixun ^a   Han, Jing ^a   Liu, Yongjun ^b   Shen, Hui ^b   Deng, Hong Wen ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; ERROR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HIP; HUMAN; MULTIPHENOTYPES PATHWAY ASSOCIATION STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POWER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPINE; TREND STUDY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPMAP PROJECT; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPINE;

EID: 84871689835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053320     Document Type: Article

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