Status and prospects of genome‐wide association studies in plants

L Tibbs Cortes, Z Zhang, J Yu - The plant genome, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have developed into a powerful and ubiquitous
tool for the investigation of complex traits. In large part, this was fueled by advances in …

The advantages and limitations of trait analysis with GWAS: a review

A Korte, A Farlow - Plant methods, 2013 - Springer
Over the last 10 years, high-density SNP arrays and DNA re-sequencing have illuminated
the majority of the genotypic space for a number of organisms, including humans, maize …

GAPIT version 3: boosting power and accuracy for genomic association and prediction

J Wang, Z Zhang - Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) and genomic prediction/selection (GP/GS) are the
two essential enterprises in genomic research. Due to the great magnitude and complexity …

rMVP: a memory-efficient, visualization-enhanced, and parallel-accelerated tool for genome-wide association study

L Yin, H Zhang, Z Tang, J Xu, D Yin… - Genomics …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Along with the development of high-throughput sequencing technologies, both sample size
and SNP number are increasing rapidly in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and …

Efficient Bayesian mixed-model analysis increases association power in large cohorts

PR Loh, G Tucker, BK Bulik-Sullivan, BJ Vilhjálmsson… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Linear mixed models are a powerful statistical tool for identifying genetic associations and
avoiding confounding. However, existing methods are computationally intractable in large …

Iterative usage of fixed and random effect models for powerful and efficient genome-wide association studies

X Liu, M Huang, B Fan, ES Buckler, Z Zhang - PLoS genetics, 2016 - journals.plos.org
False positives in a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) can be effectively controlled
by a fixed effect and random effect Mixed Linear Model (MLM) that incorporates population …

Ecological genomics of local adaptation

O Savolainen, M Lascoux, J Merilä - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
It is increasingly important to improve our understanding of the genetic basis of local
adaptation because of its relevance to climate change, crop and animal production, and …

A resource-efficient tool for mixed model association analysis of large-scale data

L Jiang, Z Zheng, T Qi, KE Kemper, NR Wray… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The genome-wide association study (GWAS) has been widely used as an experimental
design to detect associations between genetic variants and a phenotype. Two major …

Advantages and pitfalls in the application of mixed-model association methods

J Yang, NA Zaitlen, ME Goddard, PM Visscher… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Mixed linear models are emerging as a method of choice for conducting genetic association
studies in humans and other organisms. The advantages of the mixed-linear-model …

Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice

K Yano, E Yamamoto, K Aya, H Takeuchi, P Lo, L Hu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) can be a powerful tool for the identification of
genes associated with agronomic traits in crop species, but it is often hindered by population …