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A copula method for modeling directional dependence of genes

Jong-Min Kim1, Yoon-Sung Jung2, Engin A Sungur1, Kap-Hoon Han3, Changyi Park4* and Insuk Sohn5

Author Affiliations

1 Division of Science and Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN, 56267, USA

2 Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, USA

3 Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Woosuk University, Wanju, Jeonbuk, 565-701, Republic of Korea

4 Department of Statistics, University of Seoul, Seoul 136-743, Republic of Korea

5 Department of Statistics, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea

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BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:225 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-225

Published: 1 May 2008

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Additional file 1:

Parameter estimates for the directional dependence at Group II. The multi-page table provides the estimates of α, β, θ and proportions of variation for the directional dependence at Group II.

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Additional file 2:

Direct experimental support for the interactions uncovered. The multi-page table shows direct experimental support for the interactions uncovered.

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