xQTL workbench: a scalable web environment for multi-level QTL analysis.
CONCLUSIONS
xQTL workbench is a scalable web platform for the mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) at multiple levels: for example gene expression (eQTL), protein abundance (pQTL), metabolite abundance (mQTL) and phenotype (phQTL) data. Popular QTL mapping methods for model organism and human populations are accessible via the web user interface. Large calculations scale easily on to multi-core computers, clusters and Cloud. All data involved can be uploaded and queried online: markers, genotypes, microarrays, NGS, LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR, etc. When new data types come available, xQTL workbench is quickly customized using the Molgenis software generator.


BACKGROUND
xQTL workbench runs on all common platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. An online demo system, installation guide, tutorials, software and source code are available under the LGPL3 license from http://www.xqtl.org.


BACKGROUND
m.a.swertz@rug.nl.
Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Danny
D
Arends
K Joeri
KJ
van der Velde
Pjotr
P
Prins
Karl W
KW
Broman
Steffen
S
Möller
Ritsert C
RC
Jansen
Morris A
MA
Swertz
D000465:Algorithms; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface