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标题：Comparing Quantitative Trait Loci and Gene Expression Data
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作者：Bing Han ; Naomi S. Altman ; Jessica A. Mong 等
期刊名称：Advances in Bioinformatics
印刷版ISSN：1687-8027
电子版ISSN：1687-8035
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
DOI：10.1155/2008/719818
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：We develop methods to compare the positions of quantitative trait loci (QTL) with a set of genes selected by other methods, such as microarray experiments, from a sequenced genome. We apply our methods to QTL for addictive behavior in mouse, and a set of genes upregulated in a region of the brain associated with addictive behavior, the nucleus accumbens (NA). The association between the QTL and NA genes is not significantly stronger than expected by chance. However, chromosomes 2 and 16 do show strong associations suggesting that genes on these chromosomes might be associated with addictive behavior. The statistical methodology developed for this study can be applied to similar studies to assess the mutual information in microarray and QTL analyses.