Sensitive detection of chromosomal segments of distinct ancestry in admixed populations.
Identifying the ancestry of chromosomal segments of distinct ancestry has a wide range of applications from disease mapping to learning about history. Most methods require the use of unlinked markers; but, using all markers from genome-wide scanning arrays, it should in principle be possible to infe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2689842?pdf=render |