Application of causal inference to genomic analysis: Advances in methodology

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue JUL, 2018, Pages

  Hu, Pengfei ^a   Jiao, Rong ^b   Jin, Li ^a,c   Xiong, Momiao ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Additive noise models for discrete variables; Association analysis; Causal inference; Entropy; Genomic analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

EID: 85049642286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00238     Document Type: Review

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