A powerful microbiome-based association test and a microbial taxa discovery framework for comprehensive association mapping

Abstract Background The role of the microbiota in human health and disease has been increasingly studied, gathering momentum through the use of high-throughput technologies. Further identification of the roles of specific microbes is necessary to better understand the mechanisms involved in diseases...

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Main Authors: Hyunwook Koh, Martin J. Blaser, Huilin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0262-x