In which cases does it make sense to classify an individual into one population and what are the alternatives?
Julika Schmitz, Jana Naue, Lukas Hoffmann, Zoë Lange, Ferdinand Suchanek, Sabine Lutz‐Bonengel, Holger Dette, Peter Pfaffelhuber, Carola Sophia Heinzel
The paper evaluates methods to classify individuals into populations using ancestry informative markers, finding a naive Bayes classifier performs best in identifying out-of-reference individuals.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintGenetics