2010-11-01
Genes predict village of origin in rural Europe
Publication
Publication
European Journal of Human Genetics , Volume 18 - Issue 11 p. 1269- 1270
The genetic structure of human populations is important in population genetics, forensics and medicine. Using genome-wide scans and individuals with all four grandparents born in the same settlement, we here demonstrate remarkable geographical structure across 8-30 km in three different parts of rural Europe. After excluding close kin and inbreeding, village of origin could still be predicted correctly on the basis of genetic data for 89-100% of individuals.
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| doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2010.92, hdl.handle.net/1765/28257 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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O'Dushlaine, C., McQuillan, R., Weale, M., Crouch, D., Johansson, Å., Aulchenko, Y., Franklin, C., Polasek, O., Fuchsberger, C., Corvin, A., Hicks, A., Vitart, V., Hayward, C., Wild, S., Meitinger, T., Tikka-Kleemola, P., Gyllensten, U., Wright, A., Campbell, H., … Wilson, J. (2010). Genes predict village of origin in rural Europe. European Journal of Human Genetics, 18(11), 1269–1270.https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2010.92 |
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