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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-002838 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | GWA study; genome wide association analysis; genome wide association studies; genome-wide association scan; whole genome association analysis; whole genome association study |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2015; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Epidemiological studies; Molecular epidemiology; Genotyping by sequencing |
| Translations | Spanish: 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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