Extreme distribution of deleterious variation in a historically small and isolated population-insights from the Greenlandic Inuit
Casper-Emil T Pedersen, Kirk E Lohmueller, Niels Grarup, Peter Bjerregaard, Torben Hansen, Hans R Siegismund, Ida Moltke, Anders Albrechtsen
This study analyzes exome sequencing data from Greenlandic Inuit to show they have a severe genetic bottleneck leading to an extreme distribution of deleterious alleles and higher genetic load compared to other populations.
Genetics · Feb 1, 2017Peer-reviewedGenetics