Cryptic distant relatives are common in both isolated and cosmopolitan genetic samples.

Although a few hundred single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) suffice to infer close familial relationships, high density genome-wide SNP data make possible the inference of more distant relationships such as 2(nd) to 9(th) cousinships. In order to characterize the relationship between genetic simil...

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Main Authors: Brenna M Henn, Lawrence Hon, J Michael Macpherson, Nick Eriksson, Serge Saxonov, Itsik Pe'er, Joanna L Mountain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3317976?pdf=render