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Genome-wide association study

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002838

An analysis comparing the allele frequencies of all available (or a whole genome representative set of) polymorphic markers in unrelated patients with a specific symptom or disease condition, and those of healthy controls to identify markers associated with a specific disease or condition.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002838
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
SynonymsGWA study; genome wide association analysis; genome wide association studies; genome-wide association scan; whole genome association analysis; whole genome association study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2015; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEpidemiological studies; Molecular epidemiology; Genotyping by sequencing
TranslationsSpanish: estudio de asociación del genoma completo
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002838",
  "term": "Genome-wide association study",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An analysis comparing the allele frequencies of all available (or a whole genome representative set of) polymorphic markers in unrelated patients with a specific symptom or disease condition, and those of healthy controls to identify markers associated with a specific disease or condition.",
  "synonyms": [
    "GWA study",
    "genome wide association analysis",
    "genome wide association studies",
    "genome-wide association scan",
    "whole genome association analysis",
    "whole genome association study"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "epidemiological studies",
    "molecular epidemiology",
    "genotyping by sequencing"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "estudio de asociación del genoma completo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/genome-wide-association-study/"
}

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