SHEsisPCA: a GPU-based software to correct for population stratification that efficiently accelerates the process for handling genome-wide datasets

Journal of Genetics and Genomics = Yi Chuan Xue Bao
Jiawei ShenYongyong Shi

Abstract

Population stratification is a problem in genetic association studies because it is likely to highlight loci that underlie the population structure rather than disease-related loci. At present, principal component analysis (PCA) has been proven to be an effective way to correct for population stratification. However, the conventional PCA algorithm is time-consuming when dealing with large datasets. We developed a Graphic processing unit (GPU)-based PCA software named SHEsisPCA (http://analysis.bio-x.cn/SHEsisMain.htm) that is highly parallel with a highest speedup greater than 100 compared with its CPU version. A cluster algorithm based on X-means was also implemented as a way to detect population subgroups and to obtain matched cases and controls in order to reduce the genomic inflation and increase the power. A study of both simulated and real datasets showed that SHEsisPCA ran at an extremely high speed while the accuracy was hardly reduced. Therefore, SHEsisPCA can help correct for population stratification much more efficiently than the conventional CPU-based algorithms.

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Jan 27, 2017·International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer·Jiawei ShenYongyong Shi

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