EINVis: A visualization tool for analyzing and exploring genetic interactions in large-scale association studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 675-685

  Wu, Yubao ^a   Zhu, Xiaofeng ^b   Chen, Jian ^c   Zhang, Xiang ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Gene gene interaction; Networks; Software; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EINVIS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EPISTASIS; GENE-GENE INTERACTION; NETWORKS; SOFTWARE; VISUALIZATION;

CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; INTERNET; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885857112     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21754     Document Type: Article

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