Summary: BIOINFORMATICS APPLICATIONS NOTE
Vol. 26 no. 18 2010, pages 2336­2337
doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btq419
Genome analysis Advance Access publication July 15, 2010
LocusZoom: regional visualization of genome-wide association
scan results
Randall J. Pruim1,, Ryan P. Welch2,3,, Serena Sanna4, Tanya M. Teslovich2,
Peter S. Chines5, Terry P. Gliedt2, Michael Boehnke2, Gonçalo R. Abecasis2
and Cristen J. Willer2,
1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, 2Department of Biostatistics
and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, 3Bioinformatics Graduate Program, The University of
Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, 4Istituto di Neurogenetica e Neurofarmacologia (INN),
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, c/o Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy 09042 and
5National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Associate Editor: Dmitrij Frishman
ABSTRACT
Summary: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed
hundreds of loci associated with common human genetic diseases
and traits. We have developed a web-based plotting tool that
provides fast visual display of GWAS results in a publication-ready

Source: Abecasis, Goncalo - Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan

Collections: Biology and Medicine; Mathematics