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Harmonization of study and reference data by PhaseLift: saving time when imputing study data.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jul 2014
Gorski Mathias, Winkler Thomas W, Stark Klaus, Müller-Nurasyid Martina, Ried Janina S, Grallert Harald, Weber Bernhard H F, Heid Iris M
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Genome-wide association studies are usually accompanied by imputation techniques to complement genome-wide SNP chip genotypes. Current imputation approaches separate the phasing of study data from imputing, which makes the phasing independent from the reference data. The two-step approach allows for updating the imputation for a new reference panel without repeating the tedious phasing step. This advantage,...
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