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Maximum-likelihood estimation of recent shared ancestry (ERSA).
Genome research - 1 May 2011
Huff Chad D, Witherspoon David J, Simonson Tatum S, Xing Jinchuan, Watkins W Scott, Zhang Yuhua, Tuohy Therese M, Neklason Deborah W, Burt Randall W, Guthery Stephen L, Woodward Scott R, Jorde Lynn B
Abstract excerpt
Accurate estimation of recent shared ancestry is important for genetics, evolution, medicine, conservation biology, and forensics. Established methods estimate kinship accurately for first-degree through third-degree relatives. We demonstrate that chromosomal segments shared by two individuals due to identity by descent (IBD) provide much additional information about shared ancestry. We developed a...
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