METAL

METAL is a program that facilitates the meta-analysis of genomewide association scans (manuscript available here). It was first developed by Goncalo Abecasis, Yun Li and Cristen Willer. Early versions were used for the analyses presented in Sanna et al (2008) and Willer et al (2008). Since then, METAL has become quite a popular tool for the analysis of genomewide association scans.

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.