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The human genome project and other genome projects provide us with rich sources of data which invite many new forms of statistical analysis. The nature of the data is often different from that in many other areas of science. This has led to novel forms of data analysis, not to be found in the classical statistical literature. The purpose of this paper is to describe some of these new forms, with a focus on those cases where the biology drives the questions asked, and the statistical analysis presents new features as well as raising further challenges.
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Ewens, W.J. On the Use of Statistics in Genomics and Bioinformatics. J Stat Theory Pract 2, 159–172 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1080/15598608.2008.10411868
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15598608.2008.10411868