Using haplotype information for conservation genomics

M Leitwein, M Duranton, Q Rougemont… - Trends in ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
The particular combinations of alleles that define haplotypes along individual chromosomes
can be determined with increasing ease and accuracy by using current sequencing …

Tractor uses local ancestry to enable the inclusion of admixed individuals in GWAS and to boost power

EG Atkinson, AX Maihofer, M Kanai, AR Martin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Admixed populations are routinely excluded from genomic studies due to concerns over
population structure. Here, we present a statistical framework and software package, Tractor …

Strategies for the genomic analysis of admixed populations

T Tan, EG Atkinson - Annual review of biomedical data science, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Admixed populations constitute a large portion of global human genetic diversity, yet they
are often left out of genomics analyses. This exclusion is problematic, as it leads to …

The impact of modern admixture on archaic human ancestry in human populations

KE Witt, A Funk, V Añorve-Garibay… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Admixture, the genetic merging of parental populations resulting in mixed ancestry, has
occurred frequently throughout the course of human history. Numerous admixture events …

Genome-wide admixture mapping identifies wild ancestry-of-origin segments in cultivated Robusta coffee

T Vi, Y Vigouroux, P Cubry, P Marraccini… - Genome biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Humans have had a major influence on the dissemination of crops beyond their native
range, thereby offering new hybridization opportunities. Characterizing admixed genomes …

Systematic review on local ancestor inference from a mathematical and algorithmic perspective

J Wu, Y Liu, Y Zhao - Frontiers in genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Genotypic data provide deep insights into the population history and medical genetics. The
local ancestry inference (LAI)(also termed local ancestry deconvolution) method uses the …

Genomic estimation of quantitative genetic parameters in wild admixed populations

K Aase, H Jensen, S Muff - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heritable genetic variation among free‐living animals or plants is essential for populations to
respond to selection and adapt. It is therefore important to be able to estimate additive …

Comparing local ancestry inference models in populations of two-and three-way admixture

R Schubert, A Andaleon, HE Wheeler - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Local ancestry estimation infers the regional ancestral origin of chromosomal segments in
admixed populations using reference populations and a variety of statistical models …

Swordtail fish hybrids reveal that genome evolution is surprisingly predictable after initial hybridization

QK Langdon, JS Groh, SM Aguillon, DL Powell… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Over the past 2 decades, biologists have come to appreciate that hybridization, or genetic
exchange between distinct lineages, is remarkably common—not just in particular lineages …

Genetic ancestry inference and its application for the genetic mapping of human diseases

E Suarez-Pajes, A Díaz-de Usera… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Admixed populations arise when two or more ancestral populations interbreed. As a result of
this admixture, the genome of admixed populations is defined by tracts of variable size …