Statistical Analysis of Microbiome Data (1st ed. 2021) (Frontiers in Probability and the Statistical Sciences)

Synopsis

Microbiome research has focused on microorganisms that live within the human body and their effects on health. During the last few years, the quantification of microbiome composition in different environments has been facilitated by the advent of high throughput sequencing technologies. The statistical challenges include computational difficulties due to the high volume of data; normalization and quantification of metabolic abundances, relative taxa and bacterial genes; high-dimensionality; multivariate analysis; the inherently compositional nature of the data; and the proper utilization of complementary phylogenetic information. This has resulted in an explosion of statistical approaches aimed at tackling the unique opportunities and challenges presented by microbiome data. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in statistical and informatics technologies for microbiome research. In addition to reviewing demonstrably successful cutting-edge methods, particular emphasis is placed on examples in R that rely on available statistical packages for microbiome data. With its wide-ranging approach, the book benefits not only trained statisticians in academia and industry involved in microbiome research, but also other scientists working in microbiomics and in related fields.

Copyright:

2021

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030733513

Related ISBNs:

9783030733506

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

05/09/22

Copyrighted By:

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Science, Computers and Internet, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Subharup Guha

Edited by:

Somnath Datta