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[[Category:RAREMETAL]]
== Useful Wiki Pages ==
* The [[RAREMETAL_Change_Log | Change Log]]
* The [[Tutorial:_RAREMETAL|RAREMETAL Quick Start Tutorial]]
* The [[RAREMETAL METHOD]]
* The [[RAREMETAL FAQ]]
The [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/Rvtests '''rvtests'''] tool for rare-variant association analysis can also generate output compatible with RAREMETAL.
== Brief Description ==
'''RAREMETAL''' is a computationally efficient tool for meta-analysis of rare variants using sequencing or genotyping array data. '''RAREMETAL''' It takes summary statistics and LD matrices generated by [[Rare-Metal-Worker|'''RAREMETALWORKER''']] or [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/Rvtests '''rvtests'''], handles related and unrelated individuals, and supports both single variant and burden meta-analysis. '''RAREMETAL''' It generates high quality plots by default and has options that allow users to build reports at different levels.
'''RAREMETAL''' is developed by Shuang Feng, Dajiang Liu and Gonçalo Abecasis. A R-package written by Dajiang Liu using the same methodology is [[RareMetals|'''available''']].
== Key Features ==
'''RAREMETAL''' has the following features:
* Performs gene-based or region-based meta analysis using Burden tests with the following methods: CMC_counts, Madsen-Browning, SKAT, and Variable Threshold.
* Performs single variant metal-analysis by default.
* Allows customized groups of variants to be tested.
* Allows conditional analysis to be performed in both gene-level meta-analysis and single variants meta-analysis.
* Generate QQ plots and manhattan plots by default.
== Approach ==
== Download and Installation ==
For source code and executables together with instructions of building from source, please go to [[RAREMETAL_DOWNLOAD_%26_BUILD |'''DOWNLOAD source and executables''']].
For questions about compilation, please go to [[RAREMETAL_FAQ | '''FAQ''']].
== Basic Usage Instructions ==
==CONTACT==
Please email Sai Chen Andy Boughton (saichen abought at umich dot edu) for questions. Also check [[Raremetal Incoming updates | '''Known issues and incoming update in next version''']] to see if your problem has been reported before