Multiple Genetic Variant Association Testing by Collapsing and Kernel Methods With Pedigree or Population Structured Data

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 409-418

  Schaid, Daniel J ^a   Mcdonnell, Shannon K ^a   Sinnwell, Jason P ^a   Thibodeau, Stephen N ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden test; Genome sequence data; Kernel statistic; Pedigree data; Rare variants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KERNEL METHOD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; X CHROMOSOME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84879128720     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21727     Document Type: Article

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