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ArticleBMC genetics2005

The efficacy of short tandem repeat polymorphisms versus single-nucleotide polymorphisms for resolving population structure.

John S K Kauwe, Sarah Bertelsen, Laura Jean Bierut, Gerald Dunn, Anthony L Hinrichs, Carol H Jin, Brian K Suarez

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Article in BMC genetics, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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John S K KauweDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. keoni@icarus.wustl.edu
Sarah Bertelsen
Laura Jean Bierut
Gerald Dunn
Anthony L Hinrichs
Carol H Jin
Brian K Suarez

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurately resolving population structure in a sample is important for both linkage and association studies. In this study we investigated the power of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in detecting population structure in a sample of 286 unrelated individuals. We varied the number of SNPs to determine how many are required to approach the degree of resolution obtained with the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) short tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRPs). In addition, we selected SNPs with varying minor allele frequencies (MAFs) to determine whether low or high frequency SNPs are more efficient in resolving population structure. We conclude that a set of at least 100 evenly spaced SNPs with MAFs of 40-50% is required to resolve population structure in this dataset. If SNPs with lower MAFs are used, then more than 250 SNPs may be required to obtain reliable results.

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Genetics, PopulationAlcoholismCluster AnalysisCooperative BehaviorDatabases, GeneticGene FrequencyHumansMicrosatellite RepeatsPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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PMID16451699
PMCPMC1866696

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