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Paola Sebastiani1, Ross Lazarus, Scott T Weiss

  • 1Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|August 6, 2003
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A new method, BEST, precisely identifies essential single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for tracking genetic variations. This approach efficiently tags population haplotypes, aiding disease gene discovery.

Area of Science:

  • Human Genetics
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • High frequency of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) offers insights into common disease genetics.
  • Genome-wide association studies are challenged by the vast number of SNPs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce BEST (Best Enumeration of SNP Tags), an exact method for identifying minimum sets of haplotype tagging SNPs (htSNPs).
  • To enable efficient haplotypic variation analysis from pedigree or independent samples.

Main Methods:

  • Developed BEST, an exact, analytical, and lossless algorithm for htSNP selection.
  • Applied BEST to tag haplotypes for 105 genes in African-American and European-American samples.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed a small proportion of SNPs captures population haplotypic variations, decreasing exponentially with haplotype length.

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  • Identified that 95% of European-American htSNPs are a subset of African-American htSNPs.

    • Conclusions:

    • BEST provides a precise and efficient tool for selecting htSNPs.
    • Findings suggest a genetic bottleneck during European founding, supporting the "Out of Africa" theory.