A panel of ancestry informative markers for the complex five-way admixed South African coloured population.

Admixture is a well known confounder in genetic association studies. If genome-wide data is not available, as would be the case for candidate gene studies, ancestry informative markers (AIMs) are required in order to adjust for admixture. The predominant population group in the Western Cape, South A...

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Main Authors: Michelle Daya, Lize van der Merwe, Ushma Galal, Marlo Möller, Muneeb Salie, Emile R Chimusa, Joshua M Galanter, Paul D van Helden, Brenna M Henn, Chris R Gignoux, Eileen Hoal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24376522/pdf/?tool=EBI