A Simple and Computationally Efficient Approach to Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction Analysis of Gene-Gene Interactions for Quantitative Traits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gui, Jiang ^a   Moore, Jason H ^a   Williams, Scott M ^a   Andrews, Peter ^a   Hillege, Hans L ^b   van der Harst, Pim ^b   Navis, Gerjan ^b   Van Gilst, Wiek H ^b   Asselbergs, Folkert W ^c   Gilbert Diamond, Diane ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPISTASIS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIFACTOR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STUDENT T TEST; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84879269831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066545     Document Type: Article

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