GWA

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Abbreviation of genome-wide association or genome-wide analysis

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GWA (uncountable)

  1. Allelic association for genes throughout a genome.
    • 2010, Vicki Glaser, “Turning Data into Genomic Medicine”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, volume 30, number 21, page 36:
      The results of large-scale GWA studies are increasingly populating leading scientific journals and facilitating family-based linkage analysis and disease association studies, she [Debbie Nickerson, Ph.D.] noted.

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