2008
Common Familial Colorectal Cancer Linked to Chromosome 7q31: A Genome-Wide Analysis
Neklason D, Kerber R, Nilson D, Anton-Culver H, Schwartz A, Griffin C, Lowery J, Schildkraut J, Evans J, Tomlinson G, Strong L, Miller A, Stopfer J, Finkelstein D, Nadkarni P, Kasten C, Mineau G, Burt R. Common Familial Colorectal Cancer Linked to Chromosome 7q31: A Genome-Wide Analysis. Cancer Research 2008, 68: 8993-8997. PMID: 18974144, PMCID: PMC2927856, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-1376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic regionsLinkage analysisGenome-wide analysisFamilial cancer genesNovel susceptibility genesNonparametric linkage analysisShort tandem repeat markersCommon Familial Colorectal CancerFine mappingRepeat markersTandem repeat markersCancer genesChromosome 7q31Odds (LOD) scoreGenesSusceptibility genesSignificant linkagePenetrant genesDNA samplesFamilial colorectal cancerRelative pairsLociCancer onsetColorectal cancer onsetCancer syndromes
1991
Parallelizing genetic linkage analysis: A case study for applying parallel computation in molecular biology
Miller P, Nadkarni P, Gelernter J, Carriero N, Pakstis A, Kidd K. Parallelizing genetic linkage analysis: A case study for applying parallel computation in molecular biology. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 1991, 24: 234-248. PMID: 1868693, DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(91)90046-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParallel computersSequential programsMachine-independent parallel programming languageParallel programming languageDifferent parallel machinesLengthy computation timeParallel programsProgramming languageAvailable processorsDifferent processorsParallel computationParallel machinesSequential versionParallel versionComputational loadComputation timePerformance benchmarksComputerProcessorsCase studyDifferent piecesIterative programsLINKMAPComputationParallel forms