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The number of SNPs required for distinguishing Japanese from other East Asians.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Mar 2021
Mizuno Fuzuki, Naka Izumi, Ueda Shintaroh, Ohashi Jun, Kurosaki Kunihiko
Abstract excerpt
In some cases, it is necessary to estimate the national origin of an unknown subject in forensic medicine. The use of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers appears to be very effective for this purpose, since genome-wide SNP genotype data of many human populations are publicly available. In this study, we examined the number of SNPs that could objectively and accurately distinguish Japanese subjects...
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