A Geometric Framework for Evaluating Rare Variant Tests of Association

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-357

  Liu, Keli ^a   Fast, Shannon ^b   Zawistowski, Matthew ^c   Tintle, Nathan L ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d DORDT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden tests; Rare variants; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOMETRIC FRAMEWORK; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84876409686     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21722     Document Type: Article

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