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Ferret

Ferret

A tool to extract human genetic variation data from the latest release of theĀ 1000 Genomes (1KG) Project. I can compute allelic frequencies for 1KG populations and for the Exome Sequencing Project populations. Data can be imported into popular pre-existing tools, e.g., PLINK and HaploView.

Topic

Biology, Genetic variation

Details

  • Operation: Query and retrieval, Database search, Calculation
  • Software interface: Desktop graphical user interface
  • Language: Java
  • Operating system: Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
  • License: Not stated
  • Cost: Free
  • Version name: 2.11
  • Credit: Limou S, Taverner AM.
  • Contact: ferret at nih.gov
  • Collection: -

Publications

Limou S, Taverner AM, Winkler CA "Ferret: a user-friendly Java tool to extract data from the 1000 Genomes Project." Bioinformatics 2016; 32(14):2224-6 https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btw147
PMID: 27153588
PMCID: PMC4937191


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