GEM package : methodologies to discovery associations among DNA methylation (M), genetic variation (G) and environmental influences (E)

• Main Author: Heng, Edmund Kai Yang
• Other Authors: Kwoh Chee Keong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Life and medical sciences; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Software::Software engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62833
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Epigenetics is the process of heritable change in an organism’s phenotype that is not caused by heritable genetic factors. DNA methylation and Histone modifications are some of the most widely studied epigenetic changes. It has long been known that epigenetic changes are caused by environmental fact...