Disentangling molecular relationships with a causal inference test

BMC Genetics - Tập 10 Số 1 - 2009
Joshua Millstein1, Bin Zhang1, Jun Zhu1, Eric E. Schadt1
1Genetics Dept., Rosetta Inpharmatics, LLC, wholly owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, 98109, USA

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