English:  1 Genome-wide association studies (Gwas)
Italian: In genetic epidemiology, a genome-wide association study (GWA study, or GWAS), also known as whole genome association study (WGA study), is an examination of all or most of the genes (the genome) of different individuals of a particular species to see how much the genes vary from individual to individual. Different variations are then associated with different traits, such as diseases. In humans, this technique has found associations of particula