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Advances in Bioinformatics
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 318573, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/318573
Research Article

Finding Biomarker Signatures in Pooled Sample Designs: A Simulation Framework for Methodological Comparisons

Anna Telaar, Gerd Nürnberg, and Dirk Repsilber

Genetics and Biometry, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, D-18196 Dummerstorf, Germany

Received 14 November 2009; Accepted 5 May 2010

Academic Editor: Jeremy Buhler

Copyright © 2010 Anna Telaar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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