Comparison of novel and existing methods for detecting differentially methylated regions
Abstract Background Single-probe analyses in epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) have identified associations between DNA methylation and many phenotypes, but do not take into account information from neighboring probes. Methods to detect differentially methylated regions (DMRs) (clusters of n...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | BMC Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12863-018-0637-4 |