Evaluating Methods for Modeling Epistasis Networks with Application to Head and Neck Cancer

Epistasis helps to explain how multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) interact to cause disease. A variety of tools have been developed to detect epistasis. In this article, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of an information theory approach for detecting epistasis and compare it to t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rajesh Talluri, Sanjay Shete
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Cancer Informatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CIN.S17289