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Population substructure in Finland and Sweden revealed by the use of spatial coordinates and a small number of unlinked autosomal SNPs.
BMC genetics - 19 Aug 2008
Hannelius Ulf, Salmela Elina, Lappalainen Tuuli, Guillot Gilles, Lindgren Cecilia M, von Döbeln Ulrika, Lahermo Päivi, Kere Juha
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BACKGROUND: Despite several thousands of years of close contacts, there are genetic differences between the neighbouring countries of Finland and Sweden. Within Finland, signs of an east-west duality have been observed, whereas the population structure within Sweden has been suggested to be more subtle. With a fine-scale substructure like this, inferring the cluster membership of individuals requires a large...
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