Comparison of information-theoretic to statistical methods for gene-gene interactions in the presence of genetic heterogeneity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Multifactorial diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases are caused by the complex interplay between genes and environment. The detection of these interactions remains challenging due to computational limitations. Informati...

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Main Authors: Sucheston Lara, Chanda Pritam, Zhang Aidong, Tritchler David, Ramanathan Murali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/487