Genes predict village of origin in rural Europe

Colm O'Dushlaine, Ruth McQuillan, Michael E. Weale, Daniel J.M. Crouch, Åsa Johansson, Yurii Aulchenko, Christopher S. Franklin, Ozren Polašek, Christian Fuchsberger, Aiden Corvin, Andrew A. Hicks, Veronique Vitart, Caroline Hayward, Sarah H. Wild, Thomas Meitinger, Cornelia M. Van Duijn, Ulf Gyllensten, Alan F. Wright, Harry Campbell, Peter P. PramstallerIgor Rudan, James F. Wilson

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Abstract

The genetic structure of human populations is important in population genetics, forensics and medicine. Using genome-wide scans and individuals with all four grandparents born in the same settlement, we here demonstrate remarkable geographical structure across 8-30 km in three different parts of rural Europe. After excluding close kin and inbreeding, village of origin could still be predicted correctly on the basis of genetic data for 89-100% of individuals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1269-1270
Number of pages2
JournalEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Volume18
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010

Keywords

  • genome-wide genotyping
  • population structure
  • principal components

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