Inference of locus-specific ancestry in closely related populations
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Inference of locus-specific ancestry in closely related populations
UNLABELLED A characterization of the genetic variation of recently admixed populations may reveal historical population events, and is useful for the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with diseases through association studies and admixture mapping. Inference of locus-specific ancestry is key to our understanding of the genetic variation of such populations. While a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bioinformatics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1367-4803,1460-2059
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp197