SNP ascertainment bias in population genetic analyses: Why it is important, and how to correct it

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 780-786

  Lachance, Joseph ^a   Tishkoff, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African hunter gatherers; Human genetics; Population genetics; SNP ascertainment bias; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN HUNTER-GATHERERS; HUMAN GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SNP ASCERTAINMENT BIAS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

AFRICA; ALLELES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84881616630     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300014     Document Type: Article

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