Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have successfully identified many 
sequence variants that are significantly associated with common diseases and 
traits. Tens of thousands of such trait-associated SNPs have already been 
cataloged, which we believe form a great resource for genomic research. Recent 
studies have demonstrated that the collection of trait-associated SNPs can be 
exploited to indicate whether a given genomic interval or intervals are likely 
to be functionally connected with certain phenotypes or diseases. Despite this 
importance, currently, there is no ready-to-use computational tool able to 
connect genomic intervals to phenotypes. Here, we present traseR, an easy-to-use 
R Bioconductor package that performs enrichment analyses of trait-associated 
SNPs in arbitrary genomic intervals with flexible options, including testing 
method, type of background and inclusion of SNPs in LD.
AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: The traseR R package preloaded with up-to-date 
collection of trait-associated SNPs are freely available in Bioconductor
CONTACT: zhaohui.qin@emory.edu
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics 
online.