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Principal-component analysis for assessment of population stratification in mitochondrial medical genetics.
American journal of human genetics - 11 Jun 2010
Biffi Alessandro, Anderson Christopher D, Nalls Michael A, Rahman Rosanna, Sonni Akshata, Cortellini Lynelle, Rost Natalia S, Matarin Mar, Hernandez Dena G, Plourde Anna, de Bakker Paul I W, Ross Owen A, Greenberg Steven M, Furie Karen L, Meschia James F, Singleton Andrew B, Saxena Richa, Rosand Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
Although inherited mitochondrial genetic variation can cause human disease, no validated methods exist for control of confounding due to mitochondrial population stratification (PS). We sought to identify a reliable method for PS assessment in mitochondrial medical genetics. We analyzed mitochond...
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