Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium in the Large Scale Genomic Sequencing Era

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) is used to estimate the number of homozygous and heterozygous variant carriers based on its allele frequency in populations that are not evolving. Deviations from HWE in large population databases have been used to detect genotyping errors, which can result in extrem...

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Main Authors: Nikita Abramovs, Andrew Brass, May Tassabehji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2020.00210/full