Finding alternative expression quantitative trait loci by exploring sparse model space

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 385-393

  Wang, Zhiyong ^a   Xu, Jinbo ^a   Shi, Xinghua ^b  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) mapping; Redundancy; Sparse modeling

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84899711322     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2014.0026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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