Straightforward inference of ancestry and admixture proportions through ancestry-informative insertion deletion multiplexing.

Ancestry-informative markers (AIMs) show high allele frequency divergence between different ancestral or geographically distant populations. These genetic markers are especially useful in inferring the likely ancestral origin of an individual or estimating the apportionment of ancestry components in...

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Main Authors: Rui Pereira, Christopher Phillips, Nádia Pinto, Carla Santos, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos, António Amorim, Ángel Carracedo, Leonor Gusmão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22272242/pdf/?tool=EBI