VEGAS2: Software for more flexible gene-based testing

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 86-91

  Mishra, Aniket ^a   Macgregor, Stuart ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

1, 000 genomes; GWAS; VEGAS; VEGAS2; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AFRICAN; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME 21; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERSATILE GENE BASED ASSOCIATION STUDY 2; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPMAP PROJECT; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84922634287     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2014.79     Document Type: Article

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