Evaluating statistical analysis models for RNA sequencing experiments

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Reeb, Pablo D ^a,b   Steibel, Juan P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Linear models; Plasmodes; RNA seq; Simulation; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885962211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00178     Document Type: Article

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