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Developing a novel panel of genome-wide ancestry informative markers for bio-geographical ancestry estimates.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Jan 2014
Jia Jing, Wei Yi-Liang, Qin Cui-Jiao, Hu Lan, Wan Li-Hua, Li Cai-Xia
Abstract excerpt
Inferring the ancestral origin of DNA samples can be helpful in correcting population stratification in disease association studies or guiding crime investigations. Populations throughout the world vary in appearance features and biological characteristics. Based on this idea, we performed a genome-wide scan for SNPs within genes that are related to physical and biological traits. Using the HapMap database, we...
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