Incorporating biological pathways via a Markov random field model in genome-wide association studies.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) examine a large number of markers across the genome to identify associations between genetic variants and disease. Most published studies examine only single markers, which may be less informative than considering multiple markers and multiple genes jointly bec...

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Main Authors: Min Chen, Judy Cho, Hongyu Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3072362?pdf=render