Geography and genography: prediction of continental origin using randomly selected single nucleotide polymorphisms

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent studies have shown that when individuals are grouped on the basis of genetic similarity, group membership corresponds closely to continental origin. There has been considerable debate about the implications of these findings i...

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Main Authors: Ramoni Marco F, Gibbons Gary H, Song Qing, Allocco Dominic J, Kohane Isaac S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/68