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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Main Authors: Jinzhuang Dou, Baoluo Sun, Xueling Sim, Jason D Hughes, Dermot F Reilly, E Shyong Tai, Jianjun Liu, Chaolong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5636172?pdf=render