Open AccessRelateAdmix: a software tool for estimating relatedness between admixed individuals
Author(s) -
Ida Moltke,
Anders Albrechtsen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt652
Subject(s) - pairwise comparison , software , estimator , range (aeronautics) , computer science , data mining , population , software tool , machine learning , statistics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , engineering , demography , sociology , programming language , aerospace engineering
Pairwise relatedness plays an important role in a range of genetic research fields. However, currently only few estimators exist for individuals that are admixed, i.e. have ancestry from more than one population, and these estimators fail in some situations.
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