EQTL epistasis - challenges and computational approaches

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Yang ^a   Wuchty, Stefan ^a   Przytycka, Teresa M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; EQTL; Genetic association; Genetic crosses; Network modules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883539540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00051     Document Type: Review

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