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Reconstructing genetic ancestry blocks in admixed individuals.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2006
Tang Hua, Coram Marc, Wang Pei, Zhu Xiaofeng, Risch Neil
Abstract excerpt
A chromosome in an individual of recently admixed ancestry resembles a mosaic of chromosomal segments, or ancestry blocks, each derived from a particular ancestral population. We consider the problem of inferring ancestry along the chromosomes in an admixed individual and thereby delineating the ancestry blocks. Using a simple population model, we infer gene-flow history in each individual. Compared with existing...
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