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  • Population Genetics
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Genomic Association Studies

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  • Genetic association studies require correction for population structure to prevent inference bias.
  • Traditional methods often adjust only for global ancestry, which may be insufficient when local population structure varies across genomic regions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the inadequacy of global ancestry adjustments when local population structure is a confounding factor.
  • To propose a method for adjusting for local ancestry to improve the accuracy of disease gene localization.

Main Methods:

  • Recommending adjustment for local ancestries by interrogating local genomic structure.
  • Proposing the use of local principal components (PCs) to represent local ancestries.
  • Suggesting adjustment for local PCs in gene-phenotype association testing for scenarios lacking ancestral population information.

Main Results:

  • Adjusting for local ancestry more effectively prevents false positives compared to global ancestry adjustments.
  • Local PCs can accurately represent local ancestries in admixed populations.
  • The proposed method enhances the ability to accurately locate disease genes.

Conclusions:

  • Adjusting for local population structure is essential for robust genetic association studies.
  • Employing local PCs offers a viable approach for inferring and adjusting for local ancestries when direct inference is not possible.
  • This method improves the precision of identifying disease-associated genes, particularly in admixed populations.