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A hierarchical and modular approach to the discovery of robust associations in genome-wide association studies from pooled DNA samples.
BMC genetics - 14 Jan 2008
Sebastiani Paola, Zhao Zhenming, Abad-Grau Maria M, Riva Alberto, Hartley Stephen W, Sedgewick Amanda E, Doria Alessandro, Montano Monty, Melista Efthymia, Terry Dellara, Perls Thomas T, Steinberg Martin H, Baldwin Clinton T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the challenges of the analysis of pooling-based genome wide association studies is to identify authentic associations among potentially thousands of false positive associations. RESULTS: We present a hierarchical and modular approach to the analysis of genome wide genotype data that incorporates quality control, linkage disequilibrium, physical distance and gene ontology to identify authentic...
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