Using Fisher's method with PLINK 'LD clumped' output to compare SNP effects across Genome-wide Association Study (GWAS) datasets

International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Shi, Hui ^a   Medway, Christopher ^a   Brown, Kristelle ^a   Kalsheker, Noor ^a   Morgan, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatic tools; Fisher's method; Genome wide association studies (GWAS)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 79251548321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19481756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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