• DocumentCode
    1507775
  • Title

    The computational challenge of linkage analysis: what causes diseases?

  • Author

    Daly, Mark J.

  • Author_Institution
    Whitehead Inst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Lastpage
    25
  • Abstract
    Finding the genetic causes of disease is a challenging problem for biologists and mathematicians alike. This article describes the difficulties of the problem, two general algorithmic approaches to solving it, and areas of current research where the problem has not yet been adequately solved
  • Keywords
    biology computing; genetics; medical computing; algorithmic approaches; biology; disease; genetics; linkage analysis; mathematics; Bioinformatics; Biological cells; Biology computing; Couplings; DNA; Diseases; Genetic mutations; Genomics; Information analysis; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5992.764212
  • Filename
    764212
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1507775