Methods for detecting and correcting for population stratification

Current Protocols in Human Genetics

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.73, 2012, Pages

  Edwards, Todd L ^a   Gao, Xiaoyi ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; Association confounding; Global ancestry; Local ancestry; Population stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRATIFICATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STRATIFICATION SCORE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 84863813784     PISSN: 19348266     EISSN: 19348258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg0122s73     Document Type: Article

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