GWA

See also: gwa

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of genome -wide association or genome-wide analysis

Noun

GWA (uncountable)

Allelic association for genes throughout a genome.
- 2010, Vicki Glaser, "Turning Data into Genomic Medicine" in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Vol 30, No 21, pg. 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.

Related terms

GWAS

Anagrams

AGW, AWG, Gaw, WAG, WGA, gaw, wag

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