Admixture mapping and the role of population structure for localizing disease genes.

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Admixture mapping, or mapping by admixture linkage disequilibrium, is a disease mapping strategy that has gained considerable popularity in recent years. It exploits the long-range linkage disequilibrium generated by admixture between genetically distinct ancestral populations. Compared to case-control association designs, admixture mapping requires fewer markers, and is more robust to allelic heterogeneity. At...

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