Molecular QTL discovery incorporating genomic annotations using Bayesian false discovery rate control

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1619-1638

  Wen, Xiaoquan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian FDR control; Genomic annotations; Molecular QTL; QTL mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990922450     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/16-AOAS952     Document Type: Article

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