Recursively partitioned mixture model clustering of DNA methylation data using biologically informed correlation structures

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-240

  Koestler, Devin C ^a   Christensen, Brock C ^a   Marsit, Carmen J ^a   Kelsey, Karl T ^b,c   Houseman, E Andres ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite mixture models epigenetics; Genomic data; Model based clustering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION DATA; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED EFFECTS MODEL; GENOME; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RECURSIVELY PARTITIONED MIXTURE MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84881530052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15446115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/sagmb-2012-0068     Document Type: Article

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