seXY: a tool for sex inference from genotype arrays
Author(s) -
David C. Qian,
Jonathan A. Busam,
Xiangjun Xiao,
Tracy A. O’Mara,
Rosalind A. Eeles,
Fredrick R. Schumacher,
Catherine M. Phelan,
Christopher I. Amos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw696
Subject(s) - genome wide association study , concordance , inference , loss of heterozygosity , genotype , biology , chromosome , logistic regression , computational biology , computer science , genetics , artificial intelligence , single nucleotide polymorphism , machine learning , gene , allele
Checking concordance between reported sex and genotype-inferred sex is a crucial quality control measure in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, limited insights exist regarding the true accuracy of software that infer sex from genotype array data.
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