Maternal Gene-Environment Effects: An Evaluation of Statistical Approaches to Detect Effects and an Investigation of the Effect of Violations of Model Assumptions
Discovering the associations between genetic variables and disease status can help reduce the burden of disease on society. This thesis focuses on the methods required to detect maternal genetic effects (an effect where the genes of the mother affect the disease risk of the child) and interaction ef...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39637 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23880 |