Plink

Overview

PLINK is a free, commonly used, open-source whole-genome association analysis toolset designed by Shaun Purcell. The software is designed flexibly to perform a wide range of basic, large-scale genetic analyses.

Version 2.0 binaries are available on the iCSF.

Restrictions on use

All users may access and use Plink. The software is open source. Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3

For citation information see the Plink 2.0 website.

Set up procedure

To use the software you will need to load the modulefile:

# 1.9 beta 6.16
module load apps/binapps/plink/1.9

module load apps/binapps/plink/2.0

Running the application

Examples

• To verify programs is functional run the following command

  plink2 --bfile inputfile --freq --out outputfile
  

Further info

• PLINK 2.0 General Usage