Jessica Honorato-Mauer1, Nirav N Shah1, Adam X Maihofer2

  • 1Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

概括

准确的本地祖先推断 (LAI) 对混合种群的基因组研究至关重要. 这项研究发现,美洲原住民祖先的遗迹显示精度降低,强调需要更好的参考面板和优化的LAI策略.

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