Efficient and accurate causal inference with hidden confounders from genome-transcriptome variation data
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Efficient and accurate causal inference with hidden confounders from genome-transcriptome variation data
Mapping gene expression as a quantitative trait using whole genome-sequencing and transcriptome analysis allows to discover the functional consequences of genetic variation. We developed a novel method and ultra-fast software Findr for higly accurate causal inference between gene expression traits using cis-regulatory DNA variations as causal anchors, which improves current methods by taking in...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Computational Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1553-7358
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005703