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. 2009 Jul;3(4):371-80.
doi: 10.1186/1479-7364-3-4-371.

Current software for genotype imputation

David Ellinghaus  1 , Stefan Schreiber, Andre Franke, Michael Nothnagel
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Current software for genotype imputation

David Ellinghaus et al. Hum Genomics. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

Genotype imputation for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been shown to be a powerful means to include genetic markers in exploratory genetic association studies without having to genotype them, and is becoming a standard procedure. A number of different software programs are available. In our experience, user-friendliness is often the deciding factor in the choice of software to solve a particular task. We therefore evaluated the usability of three publicly available imputation programs: BEAGLE, IMPUTE and MACH. We found all three programs to perform well with HapMap reference data, with little effort needed for data preparation and subsequent association analysis. Each of them has different strengths and weaknesses, however, and none is optimal for all situations.

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