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A genome-wide tree- and forest-based association analysis of comorbidity of alcoholism and smoking.
BMC genetics - 30 Dec 2005
Ye Yuanqing, Zhong Xiaoyun, Zhang Heping
Abstract excerpt
Genetic mechanisms underlying alcoholism are complex. Understanding the etiology of alcohol dependence and its comorbid conditions such as smoking is important because of the significant health concerns. In this report, we describe a method based on classification trees and deterministic forests for association studies to perform a genome-wide joint association analysis of alcoholism and smoking. This approach is...
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