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Demographic changes and marker properties affect detection of human population differentiation.
BMC genetics - 11 May 2007
Listman Jennifer B, Malison Robert T, Sughondhabirom Atapol, Yang Bao-Zhu, Raaum Ryan L, Thavichachart Nuntika, Sanichwankul Kittipong, Kranzler Henry R, Tangwonchai Sookjaroen, Mutirangura Apiwat, Disotell Todd R, Gelernter Joel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Differentiating genetically between populations is valuable for admixture and population stratification detection and in understanding population history. This is easy to achieve for major continental populations, but not for closely related populations. It has been claimed that a large marker panel is necessary to reliably distinguish populations within a continent. We investigated whether empirical...
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