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n. (context fishing English) A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
Wikipedia
Snagger is a bioinformatics software program for selecting tag SNPs using pairwise r linkage disequilibrium. It is implemented as extension to the popular software, Haploview, and is freely available under the MIT License. Snagger distinguishes itself from existing single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) selection algorithms, including Tagger, by providing user options that allow for:
(1) Prioritization of tagSNPs based on certain characteristics, including platform-specific design scores, functionality (i.e. coding status), and chromosomal position
(2) Efficient selection of SNPs across multiple populations
(3) Selection of tagSNPs outside defined genomic regions to improve coverage and genotyping success
(4) Picking of surrogate tagSNPs that serve as backups for tagSNPs whose failure would result in a significant loss of data
Haploview with Snagger has been developed and is maintained at the Genomics Center at the University of Southern California.
Usage examples of "snagger".
This beast is a cow for handling and there's a swarm of snaggers outside the Veil dipping their hooks in the insplit.
It'd be easier to spot you there, but you might be able to get a lead on the snaggers and keep loose while we make noise somewhere else.
His snaggers were sitting back at his base over by Orion's Knee because he was too cheap to spend the fuel when he didn't think he'd need them.