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ArticleHuman heredity2010

The meaning of interaction.

Xuefeng Wang, Robert C Elston, Xiaofeng Zhu

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Article in Human heredity, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xuefeng WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7281, USA.
Robert C Elston
Xiaofeng Zhu

Funding

X-LINKED EXTENSION OF THE REVISED HASEMAN-ELSTON ALGORITHM FOR LINKAGE ANALYSISP41RR003655 · NCRR · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC NEW ORLEANS · PI ELSTON, ROBERT C. · 1987 to 2011
$11.5M
Statistical methods for analyzing high-throughput genotype dataR01HG003054 · NHGRI · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI ZHU, XIAOFENG · 2005 to 2017
$3.6M
Fine Mapping of Hypertension Genes Detected by Admixture Mapping in the FBPPR01HL086718 · NHLBI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, XIAOFENG · 2007 to 2011
$3.3M
Defining an Obesity QTL on Chromosome 3qR01HL074166 · NHLBI · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI ZHU, XIAOFENG · 2004 to 2007
$2.9M
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR003655NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR03655NHGRI NIH HHS HG003054NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG003054NHLBI NIH HHS HL074166NHLBI NIH HHS HL086718NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL074166NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL086718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although recent studies have attempted to dispel the confusion that exists in regard to the definition, analysis and interpretation of interaction in genetics, there still remain aspects that are poorly understood by non-statisticians. After a brief discussion of the definition of gene-gene interaction, the main part of this study addresses the fundamental meaning of statistical interaction and its relationship to measurement scale, disproportionate sample sizes in the cells of a two-way table and gametic phase disequilibrium.

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Genetic PhenomenaModels, GeneticModels, StatisticalData Interpretation, StatisticalEpistasis, GeneticGerm CellsHumansLinkage DisequilibriumTerminology as Topic

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PMID21150212
PMCPMC3025890

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