Genome-wide analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms uncovers population structure in Northern Europe.

Genome-wide data provide a powerful tool for inferring patterns of genetic variation and structure of human populations.In this study, we analysed almost 250,000 SNPs from a total of 945 samples from Eastern and Western Finland, Sweden, Northern Germany and Great Britain complemented with HapMap dat...

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Main Authors: Elina Salmela, Tuuli Lappalainen, Ingegerd Fransson, Peter M Andersen, Karin Dahlman-Wright, Andreas Fiebig, Pertti Sistonen, Marja-Liisa Savontaus, Stefan Schreiber, Juha Kere, Päivi Lahermo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2567036?pdf=render