PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 81
Issue: 3
Pages: 559-575
Citations: 34185
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                                    Shaun Purcell, 
                                
                                    Benjamin M. Neale, 
                                
                                    Katherine EO Todd-Brown
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses. 
                            The American Journal of Human Genetics
                            , 81
                            (3)
                            , 559-575.
                            https://doi.org/10.1086/519795
                        

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DOI: 10.1086/519795