RAREMETAL

rareMETAL is a program that facilitates the meta-analysis of rare variants from genotype arrays or sequencing (manuscript in preparation). It was first developed by Shuang Feng, Dajiang Liu and Gonçalo Abecasis. Currently, rareMETAL is being used for the analyses in Exomechip lipids consortium and EMADS [1].

Useful Wiki Pages

There are a few pages in this Wiki that may be useful to METAL users. Here are links to a few:

• The METAL FAQ

• The METAL Command Reference

• The METAL Documentation

• The METAL Quick Start Page Recommended for New Users!!

Option Specific Pages

Details of several options are available. Among those:

• ADDFILTER
• COLUMNCOUNTING
• CUSTOMVARIABLE
• EFFECTLABEL
• GENOMICCONTROL
• LOGPVALUE
• SOURCE
• VERBOSE

Download

To download Metal, go to the METAL website.

Related Programs

LocusZoom is a program that facilitates display of genomewide association scan results.