2011
Regression and data mining methods for analyses of multiple rare variants in the Genetic Analysis Workshop 17 mini‐exome data
Bailey‐Wilson J, Brennan JS, Bull SB, Culverhouse R, Kim Y, Jiang Y, Jung J, Li Q, Lamina C, Liu Y, Mägi R, Niu YS, Simpson CL, Wang L, Yilmaz YE, Zhang H, Zhang Z. Regression and data mining methods for analyses of multiple rare variants in the Genetic Analysis Workshop 17 mini‐exome data. Genetic Epidemiology 2011, 35: s92-s100. PMID: 22128066, PMCID: PMC3360949, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsData mining methodsUse of machineMachine learning methodsMining methodsLearning methodsNovel methodGenetic Analysis Workshop 17 mini-exome dataGenetic Analysis Workshop 17Extreme locus heterogeneityDNA sequence dataLocus-specific heritabilityMultiple rare variantsPopulation-specific analysesRare variantsIndividual rare variantsRare genetic variantsRare causal variantsSubset of predictorsLarge numberMultiple variantsComplex traitsMachineSequence dataCausal variantsCausal mutations
2009
Machine learning in genome‐wide association studies
Szymczak S, Biernacka JM, Cordell HJ, González‐Recio O, König IR, Zhang H, Sun YV. Machine learning in genome‐wide association studies. Genetic Epidemiology 2009, 33: s51-s57. PMID: 19924717, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide SNP dataSingle nucleotide polymorphismsSNP dataAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesOverall genetic architectureMachine learning approachesGenetic Analysis Workshop 16Wide association studyComplex human diseasesMain genetic effectsGenetic architectureLearning approachGenetic risk variantsEnsemble methodHuman diseasesGenetic effectsRisk variantsGenetic variantsComplex diseasesMachineNew variable selection procedureNetwork analysisVariable selection procedureDifferent approaches
2004
Results of a genomewide linkage scan: Support for chromosomes 9 and 11 loci increasing risk for cigarette smoking
Gelernter J, Liu X, Hesselbrock V, Page GP, Goddard A, Zhang H. Results of a genomewide linkage scan: Support for chromosomes 9 and 11 loci increasing risk for cigarette smoking. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2004, 128B: 94-101. PMID: 15211640, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30019.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
Use of classification trees for association studies
Zhang H, Bonney G. Use of classification trees for association studies. Genetic Epidemiology 2000, 19: 323-332. PMID: 11108642, DOI: 10.1002/1098-2272(200012)19:4<323::aid-gepi4>3.0.co;2-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1997
Strategies to Identify Genes for Complex Diseases
Zhang H, Zhao H, Merikangas K. Strategies to Identify Genes for Complex Diseases. Annals Of Medicine 1997, 29: 493-498. PMID: 9562515, DOI: 10.3109/07853899709007473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex diseasesNumerous human diseasesDisease-susceptible genesComplex human disordersHuman genomeGenetic basisHuman disordersHuman diseasesMolecular biologyGenesGenetic epidemiological studiesGenetic factorsComplex patternsDisease pathophysiologyGenomeBiologyTraitsInheritanceMultiple sclerosisBreast cancerEpidemiological studies