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Testing the Genetic Relation Between Two Individuals Using a Panel of Frequency‐unknown Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Author(s) -
Lee W.C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00063.x
Subject(s) - single nucleotide polymorphism , genetics , relation (database) , allele frequency , population , allele , biology , test (biology) , computer science , genotype , gene , medicine , data mining , environmental health , paleontology
Summary The author proposes a method to test the genetic relation between two individuals using a panel of SNPs. The method does not require information about the allele frequencies, and as such it can be used to test any pair of individuals from any population(s).