Bayesian model selection for characterizing genomic imprinting effects and patterns
Author(s) -
Runqing Yang,
Xin Wang,
Zeyuan Wu,
Daniel R. Prows,
Min Lin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp620
Subject(s) - imprinting (psychology) , quantitative trait locus , genomic imprinting , bayesian probability , bayes' theorem , trait , biology , bayesian inference , computer science , genetics , artificial intelligence , gene , gene expression , dna methylation , programming language
Although imprinted genes have been ubiquitously observed in nature, statistical methodology still has not been systematically developed for jointly characterizing genomic imprinting effects and patterns. To detect imprinting genes influencing quantitative traits, the least square and maximum likelihood approaches for fitting a single quantitative trait loci (QTL) and Bayesian method for simultaneously modeling multiple QTLs have been adopted in various studies.
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