Software comparison for evaluating genomic copy number variation for Affymetrix 6.0 SNP array platform

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Copy number data are routinely being extracted from genome-wide association study chips using a variety of software. We empirically evaluated and compared four freely-available software packages designed for Affymetrix SNP chips to e...

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Main Authors: Kardia Sharon LR, Maharjan Sooraj, Atkinson Elizabeth J, Eckel-Passow Jeanette E, de Andrade Mariza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/220