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In search of causal variants: refining disease association signals using cross-population contrasts.

BMC genetics | 2008

Genome-wide association (GWA) using large numbers of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is now a powerful, state-of-the-art approach to mapping human disease genes. When a GWA study detects association between a SNP and the disease, this signal usually represents association with a set of several highly correlated SNPs in strong linkage disequilibrium. The challenge we address is to distinguish among these correlated loci to highlight potential functional variants and prioritize them for follow-up.

Pubmed ID: 18759969 RIS Download

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  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K01DA16618
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P01 CA089392
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K01DA015129
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K01 DA015129
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01DA013423
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01DA019963
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P01 CA089392-05
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K01AA015572
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: HHSN268200782096C
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K01 AA015572
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K01 DA016618
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DA019963
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DA013423
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K02DA021237
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K02 DA021237

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STRUCTURE (tool)

RRID:SCR_002151

Software package for using multi locus genotype data to investigate population structure. Used for inferring presence of distinct populations, assigning individuals to populations, studying hybrid zones, identifying migrants and admixed individuals, and estimating population allele frequencies in situations where many individuals are migrants or admixed. Can be applied to most of commonly used genetic markers, including SNPS, microsatellites, RFLPs and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms.

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International HapMap Project (tool)

RRID:SCR_002846

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 22, 2016. A multi-country collaboration among scientists and funding agencies to develop a public resource where genetic similarities and differences in human beings are identified and catalogued. Using this information, researchers will be able to find genes that affect health, disease, and individual responses to medications and environmental factors. All of the information generated by the Project will be released into the public domain. Their goal is to compare the genetic sequences of different individuals to identify chromosomal regions where genetic variants are shared. Public and private organizations in six countries are participating in the International HapMap Project. Data generated by the Project can be downloaded with minimal constraints. HapMap project related data, software, and documentation include: bulk data on genotypes, frequencies, LD data, phasing data, allocated SNPs, recombination rates and hotspots, SNP assays, Perlegen amplicons, raw data, inferred genotypes, and mitochondrial and chrY haplogroups; Generic Genome Browser software; protocols and information on assay design, genotyping and other protocols used in the project; and documentation of samples/individuals and the XML format used in the project.

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Haploview (tool)

RRID:SCR_003076

A Java based software tool designed to simplify and expedite the process of haplotype analysis by providing a common interface to several tasks relating to such analyses. Haploview currently allows users to examine block structures, generate haplotypes in these blocks, run association tests, and save the data in a number of formats. All functionalities are highly customizable. (entry from Genetic Analysis Software) * LD & haplotype block analysis * haplotype population frequency estimation * single SNP and haplotype association tests * permutation testing for association significance * implementation of Paul de Bakker's Tagger tag SNP selection algorithm. * automatic download of phased genotype data from HapMap * visualization and plotting of PLINK whole genome association results including advanced filtering options Haploview is fully compatible with data dumps from the HapMap project and the Perlegen Genotype Browser. It can analyze thousands of SNPs (tens of thousands in command line mode) in thousands of individuals. Note: Haploview is currently on a development and support freeze. The team is currently looking at a variety of options in order to provide support for the software. Haploview is an open source project hosted by SourceForge. The source can be downloaded at the SourceForge project site.

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