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GWIS--model-free, fast and exhaustive search for epistatic interactions in case-control GWAS.
BMC genomics - 1 Jan 2013
Goudey Benjamin, Rawlinson David, Wang Qiao, Shi Fan, Ferra Herman, Campbell Richard M, Stern Linda, Inouye Michael T, Ong Cheng Soon, Kowalczyk Adam
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BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that multivariate analysis and systematic detection of epistatic interactions between explanatory genotyping variables may help resolve the problem of "missing heritability" currently observed in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, even the simplest bivariate analysis is still held back by significant statistical and computational challenges that are often...
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