Evaluation of the Precision of Ancestry Inferences in South American Admixed Populations

Evaluation of the Precision of Ancestry Inferences in South American Admixed Populations

Ancestry informative markers (AIMs) are used in forensic genetics to infer biogeographical ancestry (BGA) of individuals and may also have a prominent role in future police and identification investigations. In the last few years, many studies have been published reporting new AIM sets. These sets i...

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Main Authors: Vania Pereira, Roberta Santangelo, Claus Børsting, Torben Tvedebrink, Ana Paula F. Almeida, Elizeu F. Carvalho, Niels Morling, Leonor Gusmão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
population stratification
ancestry informative marker
Brazil
biogeographical ancestry
population assignment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2020.00966/full

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