Performance of random forest when SNPs are in linkage disequilibrium

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may be correlated due to linkage disequilibrium (LD). Association studies look for both direct and indirect associations with disease loci. In a Random Forest (RF) analysis, correlation between...

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Main Authors: Cupples L Adrienne, Yu Yi, Meng Yan A, Farrer Lindsay A, Lunetta Kathryn L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/10/78