Tag Archives: GWAS
Introducing Gigwa: Genotype Investigator for Genome-Wide Analyses
Guilhem Sempere - June 8, 2016
GigaScience recently published an article all about a Genotype Investigator for Genome-Wide Analyses, alternatively known as Gigwa. But what is this and how can it help? Guilhem Sempere explains more.
GWAS Reloaded: extended Q&A with PLINK1.9 author Chris Chang
Scott Edmunds - February 26, 2015
The software application PLINK is one of the most widely used tools in bioinformatics, particularly for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) that look at genetic variants in different individuals to see if any variant is associated with a trait. With the advent of the thousand dollar genome, the computational demands being made on such programs are […]