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PCAdmix: principal components-based assignment of ancestry along each chromosome in individuals with admixed ancestry from two or more populations.
Human biology - 1 Aug 2012
Brisbin Abra, Bryc Katarzyna, Byrnes Jake, Zakharia Fouad, Omberg Larsson, Degenhardt Jeremiah, Reynolds Andrew, Ostrer Harry, Mezey Jason G, Bustamante Carlos D
Abstract excerpt
Identifying ancestry along each chromosome in admixed individuals provides a wealth of information for understanding the population genetic history of admixture events and is valuable for admixture mapping and identifying recent targets of selection. We present PCAdmix (available at https://sites.google.com/site/pcadmix/home ), a Principal Components-based algorithm for determining ancestry along each chromosome...
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