IN SILICO EVALUATION OF DNA-POOLED ALLELOTYPING VERSUS INDIVIDUAL GENOTYPING FOR GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES OF COMPLEX DISEASE By
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ii DEDICATION Dedicated to my wife Sanju and my sons Vishnu and Arjun. You are the reasons why I smile, thank you for everything. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Shawn Levy as well as my advisory committee, for their wonderful guidance in this project as well as their very helpful advice both professional and beyond. I would like to thank the Department of Biomedical Informatics for giving me this opportunity to continue as well as expand my development as a scientist.
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