What does WGAS stand for?

Whole-Genome Association Study

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The most important metric of a whole-genome association study is the genetic power," said Kevin King, president of Affymetrix.

LineaGen Selects Affymetrix Technology to Discover Genes Associated ...

To the best of my knowledge this was the first time that a whole-genome association study on schizophrenia was undertaken at a scale capable of producing meaningful and replicable results," said Professor Ariel Darvasi from the Department of Genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Yissum Announces the Launch of the Hebrew University's Genetic ...

A team of scientists used the Affymetrix technology to perform a large-scale whole-genome association study that analyzed the genetic information of approximately 5,000 individuals.

Affymetrix Technology Used to Discover Common Genetic Variant ...