Detailed analysis of Japanese population substructure with a focus on the southwest islands of Japan.

Detailed analysis of Japanese population substructure with a focus on the southwest islands of Japan.

Uncovering population structure is important for properly conducting association studies and for examining the demographic history of a population. Here, we examined the Japanese population substructure using data from the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort (J-MICC), which covers all but...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Nishiyama, Hirohisa Kishino, Sadao Suzuki, Ryosuke Ando, Hideshi Niimura, Hirokazu Uemura, Mikako Horita, Keizo Ohnaka, Nagato Kuriyama, Haruo Mikami, Naoyuki Takashima, Keitaro Mastuo, Yin Guang, Kenji Wakai, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Hideo Tanaka, J-MICC Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3318002?pdf=render

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