| Title: | emeraLD: rapid linkage disequilibrium estimation with massive datasets |
| Journal: | Bioinformatics |
| Published: | 2 Jul 2018 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30204848/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty547 |
| URL: | https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article-pdf/35/1/164/27182844/bty547.pdf |
| Citations: | 14 (5 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 12064
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Abstract
Summary: Estimating linkage disequilibrium (LD) is essential for a wide range of summary statistics-based association methods for genome-wide association studies. Large genetic datasets, e.g. the TOPMed WGS project and UK Biobank, enable more accurate and comprehensive LD estimates, but increase the computational burden of LD estimation. Here, we describe emeraLD (Efficient Methods for Estimation and Random Access of LD), a computational tool that leverages sparsity and haplotype structure to estimate LD up to 2 orders of magnitude faster than current tools.</p>
Availability and implementation: emeraLD is implemented in C++, and is open source under GPLv3. Source code and documentation are freely available at http://github.com/statgen/emeraLD.</p>
Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.</p>
6 Authors
- Corbin Quick
- Christian Fuchsberger
- Daniel Taliun
- Gonçalo Abecasis
- Michael Boehnke
- Hyun Min Kang
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 24460 | Genetic causes of complex human traits: emphasis on psychiatric, ocular, dermatological, and cardiovascular diseases. |
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