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. 2019 Jan 7;2:9. doi: 10.1038/s42003-018-0261-x

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Fig. 1 — The growth of GWAS, 2007–2017. The upper panel shows the number of study accessions published per quarter over time colored according to sample size to show the growth of larger (100,001 ≤ N) GWAS. The lower left panel shows the strong positive correlation between the number of associations found and the number of participants used in GWAS over time. The lower right panel shows the growth in the number of unique traits examined as well as the number of unique journals publishing GWAS over time. 2007–2017 is selected since only 10 entries occurred before 2007. Each panel contains full calendar years only. Source: NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog