South Asian patient population genetics reveal strong founder effects and high rates of homozygosity - new resources for precision medicine
Jeffrey D. Wall, J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti, Ravi Kr Gupta, Anamitra Barik, Rajesh Kumar, Asif Rasheed, Venkatesan Radha, Saurabh Belsare, Ramesh Menon, Sameer Phalke, Anuradha Mittal, John Z. Fang, Deepak Tanneeru, Manjari Deshmukh, Akshi Bassi, , Andrew S. Peterson
The paper characterizes the genetic structure of South Asian populations, identifies founder effects and high homozygosity, and develops a custom SNP array for genetic studies in the region.
bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2020 · PreprintGenomics