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plethy: management of whole body plethysmography data in R.
BMC bioinformatics - 29 Apr 2015
Bottomly Daniel, Wilmot Beth, McWeeney Shannon K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Characterization of respiratory phenotypes can enhance complex trait and genomic studies involving allergic/autoimmune and infectious diseases. Many aspects of respiration can be measured using devices known as plethysmographs that can measure thoracic movement. One such approach (the Buxco platform) performs unrestrained whole body plethysmography on mice which infers thoracic movements from pressure...
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