Estimation of kinship coefficient in structured and admixed populations using sparse sequencing data.
Knowledge of biological relatedness between samples is important for many genetic studies. In large-scale human genetic association studies, the estimated kinship is used to remove cryptic relatedness, control for family structure, and estimate trait heritability. However, estimation of kinship is c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-09-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5636172?pdf=render |