PLINK

PLINK is a popular and well-documented tool for the association and population-based linkage analyses for genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The PLINK package contains functions for data management, summary statistics for quality control, population stratification detection, association analysis, identity-by-descent estimation, and more. See also gPLINK, a GUI tool written in Java for PLINK.

Topic

GWAS study

Detail

  • Operation: Genetic variation analysis

  • Software interface: Command-line user interface

  • Language: C++, C

  • License: GNU GPL v2

  • Cost: Free

  • Version name: 1.9

  • Credit: -

  • Input: -

  • Output: -

  • Contact: plink@chgr.mgh.harvard.edu | shaun@pngu.mgh.harvard.edu

  • Collection: -

  • Maturity: Mature

Publications

  • PLINK: Key Functions for Data Analysis.
  • Slifer SH. PLINK: Key Functions for Data Analysis. Curr Protoc Hum Genet. 2018 Apr;97(1):e59. doi: 10.1002/cphg.59. PMID: 30040203.
  • https://doi.org/10.1002/cphg.59
  • PMID: 30040203
  • PMC: -
  • PLINK: a tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses.
  • Purcell S, et al. PLINK: a tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses. PLINK: a tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses. 2007; 81:559-75. doi: 10.1086/519795
  • https://doi.org/10.1086/519795
  • PMID: 17701901
  • PMC: PMC1950838

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