Apparent latent structure within the UK Biobank sample has implications for epidemiological analysis
oleh: Simon Haworth, Ruth Mitchell, Laura Corbin, Kaitlin H. Wade, Tom Dudding, Ashley Budu-Aggrey, David Carslake, Gibran Hemani, Lavinia Paternoster, George Davey Smith, Neil Davies, Daniel J. Lawson, Nicholas J. Timpson
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Population structure can bias the results of genetic and epidemiological analysis. Here, Haworth et al. report that fine-scale structure is detectable in apparently homogeneous samples such as ALSPAC when measured very precisely, and remains detectable in UK Biobank despite conventional approaches to account for it.