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Developing a set of ancestry-sensitive DNA markers reflecting continental origins of humans.
BMC genetics - 27 Oct 2009
Kersbergen Paula, van Duijn Kate, Kloosterman Ate D, den Dunnen Johan T, Kayser Manfred, de Knijff Peter
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BACKGROUND: The identification and use of Ancestry-Sensitive Markers (ASMs), i.e. genetic polymorphisms facilitating the genetic reconstruction of geographical origins of individuals, is far from straightforward. RESULTS: Here we describe the ascertainment and application of five different sets of 47 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) allowing the inference of major human groups of different continental...
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