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BMCBI
2010
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A comparison of internal validation techniques for multifactor dimensionality reduction
Background: It is hypothesized that common, complex diseases may be due to complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors, which are difficult to detect in high-di...
Stacey J. Winham, Andrew J. Slater, Alison A. Mots...
BMCBI
2010
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A genetic ensemble approach for gene-gene interaction identification
Background: It has now become clear that gene-gene interactions and gene-environment interactions are ubiquitous and fundamental mechanisms for the development of complex diseases...
Pengyi Yang, Joshua W. K. Ho, Albert Y. Zomaya, Bi...
BMCBI
2008
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A Bayesian method for calculating real-time quantitative PCR calibration curves using absolute plasmid DNA standards
Background: In real-time quantitative PCR studies using absolute plasmid DNA standards, a calibration curve is developed to estimate an unknown DNA concentration. However, potenti...
Mano Sivaganesan, Shawn Seifring, Manju Varma, Ric...
BMCBI
2008
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Optimal neighborhood indexing for protein similarity search
Background: Similarity inference, one of the main bioinformatics tasks, has to face an exponential growth of the biological data. A classical approach used to cope with this data ...
Pierre Peterlongo, Laurent Noé, Dominique L...
BMCBI
2006
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UVPAR: fast detection of functional shifts in duplicate genes
Background: The imprint of natural selection on gene sequences is often difficult to detect. A plethora of methods have been devised to detect genetic changes due to selective pro...
Vicente Arnau, Miguel Gallach, J. Ignasi Lucas, Ig...