SMAca

SMAca: SMA Carrier Analysis tool. SMN1 copy-number and sequence variant analysis from next generation sequencing data. SMAca is a python tool to detect putative SMA carriers and estimate the absolute SMN1 copy-number in a population. Moreover, SMAca takes advantage of the knowledge of certain variants specific to SMN1 duplication to also identify the so-called “silent carriers” (i.e. individuals with two copies of SMN1 on one chromosome, but none on the other).