GWA

See also: gwa

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of genome-wide association or genome-wide analysis

Noun

GWA (uncountable)

1. 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