GWAF: an R package for genome-wide association analyses with family data

Bioinformatics. 2010 Feb 15;26(4):580-1. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp710. Epub 2009 Dec 29.

Abstract

GWAF, Genome-Wide Association analyses with Family, is an R package designed for GWAF. It implements association tests between a batch of genotyped or imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and a binary or continuous trait with user specified genetic model, and generates informative results from the analyses. In addition, GWAF provides functions to visualize results. We evaluated GWAF using a simulated continuous trait and a binary trait dichotomized from the simulated continuous trait with real genotype data from the Framingham Heart Study's SNP Health Association Resource project.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genome, Human*
  • Genome-Wide Association Study / methods*
  • Genomics / methods*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Software*