Whole genome association study attempts to identify all the genetic factors involved in the development of a particular disease. The PLINK software tool can handle a very large set of data involving five main domains of function: data management, summary statistics, population stratification, association analysis, and identity-by-descent estimation (Purcell S et al 2007 Am J Hum Genet 81:559). microarray hybridization, genome annotation
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(2008). WGA(whole genome association, whole genome assembly, whole genome array). In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_18149
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