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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2024

Admix-kit: an integrated toolkit and pipeline for genetic analyses of admixed populations.

Kangcheng Hou, Stephanie Gogarten, Joohyun Kim, Xing Hua, Julie-Alexia Dias, Quan Sun, Ying Wang, Taotao Tan, Polygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations (PRIMED) Consortium Methods Working Group, Elizabeth G Atkinson and 6 more

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16 authors.

Kangcheng HouBioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7110-5596
Stephanie GogartenDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7231-9745
Joohyun KimVanderbilt Genetics Institute and Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, United States.
Xing HuaDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States.
Julie-Alexia DiasDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02120, United States.
Quan SunDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8324-2803
Ying WangProgram in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, United States.
Taotao TanDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States.
Polygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations (PRIMED) Consortium Methods Working Group
Elizabeth G AtkinsonDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States.
Alicia MartinProgram in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0241-3522
Jonathan ShorttDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, United States.
Jibril HirboDivision of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, United States.
Yun LiDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States.
Bogdan PasaniucBioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States.
Haoyu ZhangDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States.

Funding

Polygenic Risk Score Methods Development Consortium Coordinating CenterU01HG011697 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Kenneth M. Rice · 2021 to 2026
$8.8M
Methods for Genome-wide Association Studies in Admixed PopulationsR01HG006399 · NHGRI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI PRICE, ALKES L · 2011 to 2024
$6.3M
Enabling improved applicability and transferability of polygenic scores across populationsU01HG011719 · NHGRI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Alicia Martin · 2021 to 2026
$5.5M
PRS Center for Admixed Populations (CAPE)U01HG011715 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Eimear Elizabeth Kenny, Leslie A Lange · 2021 to 2026
$5.2M
Empowering gene discovery and accelerating clinical translation for diverse admixed populationsR01HG012869 · NHGRI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Elizabeth Grace Atkinson · 2023 to 2026
$3.1M
A framework enabling the genomic analysis of psychiatric traits across admixed populations.K01MH121659 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ATKINSON, ELIZABETH GRACE · 2019 to 2022
$719k
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG006399NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG012869NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG011697NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG011715NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG011719NIH HHS U01-HG011715NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH121659
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryAdmixed populations, with their unique and diverse genetic backgrounds, are often underrepresented in genetic studies. This oversight not only limits our understanding but also exacerbates existing health disparities. One major barrier has been the lack of efficient tools tailored for the special challenges of genetic studies of admixed populations. Here, we present admix-kit, an integrated toolkit and pipeline for genetic analyses of admixed populations. Admix-kit implements a suite of methods to facilitate genotype and phenotype simulation, association testing, genetic architecture inference, and polygenic scoring in admixed populations. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: Admix-kit package is open-source and available at https://github.com/KangchengHou/admix-kit. Additionally, users can use the pipeline designed for admixed genotype simulation available at https://github.com/UW-GAC/admix-kit_workflow.

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