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ArticleNature genetics2026

Extending genome-wide association studies to admixed cohorts with high degrees of relatedness.

Taotao Tan, Alejandra Vergara-Lope, José Jaime Martínez-Magaña, Nirav N Shah, Yi-Sian Lin, Kai Yuan, Jaime Berumen, Jesus Alegre-Díaz, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Roberto Tapia-Conyer and 5 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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15 authors.

Taotao TanDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-8059
Alejandra Vergara-LopeClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Oxford Population Health, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
José Jaime Martínez-MagañaDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Nirav N ShahDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Yi-Sian LinDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Kai YuanAnalytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8460-6581
Jaime BerumenExperimental Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6707-3317
Jesus Alegre-DíazExperimental Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9390-3871
Pablo Kuri-MoralesFaculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-9507
Roberto Tapia-ConyerFaculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-2904
Joel GelenterDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-1859
Janitza L Montalvo-OrtizDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7657-8365
Wei ZhouStanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7719-0859
Jason M TorresClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Oxford Population Health, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-7035
Elizabeth G AtkinsonDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Elizabeth.Atkinson@bcm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6308-776X

Funding

7/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Advancing Discovery and ImpactR01DA054869 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AGRAWAL, ARPANA, EDENBERG, HOWARD J · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
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
Deciphering the single-nucleus genomic regulatory structure of opioid use disorder in the human brainDP1DA058737 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Janitza Liz Montalvo-Ortiz · 2023 to 2026
$2.0M
An integrative approach to disease gene discovery combining genetic variation, gene expression, and epigenetics.R00HG012222 · NHGRI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Wei Zhou · 2024 to 2026
$747k
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
Integrative Epigenomic Mapping of Co-Morbid OUD and PTSD SupplementR21DA050160 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MONTALVO-ORTIZ, JANITZA LIZ · 2020 to 2021
$433k
NHGRI NIH HHS R00 HG012222NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG012869NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA058737NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA054869NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA050160NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH121659U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) R00HG012222U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) R01HG012869U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) K01MH121659Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Admixed populations comprise a large portion of the human population worldwide, but are often excluded from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) due to analytic challenges. Our group developed Tractor, a local-ancestry-informed GWAS tool designed for admixed samples that produces accurate ancestry-specific effect sizes and boosts the discovery power to identify ancestry-enriched loci. However, Tractor operates under an assumption of unrelated samples. Here, to address this gap, we propose Tractor-Mix, which allows for well-calibrated association studies in datasets containing admixed samples with relatedness. Extensive simulations show that this method is competitive with other state-of-the-art approaches that do not produce ancestry-specific results. Empirical testing of Tractor-Mix on admixed samples from the UK Biobank, Yale-Penn cohort and Mexico City Prospective Study highlight the value of this method, identifying ancestry-specific associations. In summary, Tractor-Mix extends the capabilities of current models and enables well-calibrated GWASs for related samples with admixture.

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Genetics, PopulationGenome-Wide Association StudyCohort StudiesComputer SimulationHumansModels, GeneticPolymorphism, Single NucleotideUK Biobank

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