The Role of Local Ancestry Adjustment in Association Studies Using Admixed Populations

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 502-515

  Zhang, Jianqi ^a   Stram, Daniel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; Genetic association studies; Global ancestry; Local ancestry; Power and type I error

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84904083215     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21835     Document Type: Article

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