Applied Statistical Genetics with R, First Edition

For Population-based Association Studies

by Andrea Foulkes

This book is intended to provide fundamental statistical concepts and R tools relevant to the analysis of genetic data arising from population-based association studies.  The statistical methods described are broadly relevant to the field of statistical genetics and include a large array of tools for a wide variety of medical and public health applications.  Data analytic methods include approaches to handling multiplicity, ambiguity in haplotypic phase and underlying gene-gene and gene-environment interactions.  Several publicly available data sets are used for illustration. Read More