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Cryptic distant relatives are common in both isolated and cosmopolitan genetic samples.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Henn Brenna M, Hon Lawrence, Macpherson J Michael, Eriksson Nick, Saxonov Serge, Pe'er Itsik, Mountain Joanna L
Abstract excerpt
Although a few hundred single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) suffice to infer close familial relationships, high density genome-wide SNP data make possible the inference of more distant relationships such as 2(nd) to 9(th) cousinships. In order to characterize the relationship between genetic similarity and degree of kinship given a timeframe of 100-300 years, we analyzed the sharing of DNA inferred to be...
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