Functional linear models for association analysis of quantitative traits

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 726-742

  Fan, Ruzong ^a   Wang, Yifan ^a   Mills, James L ^a   Wilson, Alexander F ^b   Bailey Wilson, Joan E ^b   Xiong, Momiao ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Common variants; Complex traits; Functional data analysis; Quantitative trait loci; Rare variants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASSOCIATION MAPPING; COMMON VARIANTS; COMPLEX TRAITS; FUNCTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RARE VARIANTS;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84885732028     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21757     Document Type: Article

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