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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins
Nature Communications, Volume 5, Article 3513, Year 2014
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The search for a method that utilizes biological information to predict humans' place of origin has occupied scientists for millennia. Over the past four decades, scientists have employed genetic data in an effort to achieve this goal but with limited success. While biogeographical algorithms using next-generation sequencing data have achieved an accuracy of 700km in Europe, they were inaccurate elsewhere. Here we describe the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) algorithm and demonstrate its accuracy with three data sets using 40,000-130,000 SNPs. GPS placed 83% of worldwide individuals in their country of origin. Applied to over 200 Sardinians villagers, GPS placed a quarter of them in their villages and most of the rest within 50km of their villages. GPS's accuracy and power to infer the biogeography of worldwide individuals down to their country or, in some cases, village, of origin, underscores the promise of admixture-based methods for biogeography and has ramifications for genetic ancestry testing. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Elhaik, Eran
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Tatarinova, Tatiana
United States, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Chebotarev, Dmitri
Philippines, Makati
International Rice Research Institute
Piras, Ignazio S.
Italy, Cagliari
Università Degli Studi Di Cagliari
Calò, Carla Maria
Italy, Cagliari
Università Degli Studi Di Cagliari
De Montis, Antonella
Italy, Cagliari
Research Laboratories
Atzori, Manuela
Italy, Cagliari
Research Laboratories
Marini, Monica
Italy, Cagliari
Research Laboratories
Tofanelli, Sergio
Italy, Pisa
Università Di Pisa
Francalacci, Paolo
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Pagani, Luca
United Kingdom, Hinxton
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Tyler-Smith, Chris
United Kingdom, Hinxton
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Xue, Yali
United Kingdom, Hinxton
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Cucca, Francesco
Italy, Cagliari
Università Degli Studi Di Cagliari
Schurr, Theodore G.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Gaieski, Jill Bennett
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Melendez, Carlalynne
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Vilar, Miguel G.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Owings, Amanda C.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Gómez, Rocío
Mexico, Mexico
Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados Del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Fujita, Ricardo M.
Peru, Lima
Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Santos, Fabrício Rodrigues Dos
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Comas, D.
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Balanovsky, Oleg P.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation, Moscow
Research Centre for Medical Genetics
Balanovska, Elena V.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Research Centre for Medical Genetics
Zalloua, Pierre A.
Lebanon, Beirut
Lebanese American University
Soodyall, Himla
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Health Laboratory Service
Pitchappan, Ramasamy M.
India, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University
Prasad, Arun Kumar Ganesh
India, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University
Hammer, Michael F.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Wells, R. Spencer
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Geographic Society
Acosta, Oscar
Peru, Lima
Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Adhikarla, Syama
United States, Foster City
Applied Biosystems Usa
Jane Adler, Christina Jane
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Bertranpetit, Jaume
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Clarke, Andrew C.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Cooper, Alan C.
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Der Sarkissian, Clio S.I.
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Haak, Wolfgang
Australia, Adelaide
The University of Adelaide
Haber, Marc E.
Lebanon, Beirut
Lebanese American University
Jin, Li
Australia, Melbourne
La Trobe University
Kaplan, Matthew E.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Li, Hui
China, Shanghai
Fudan University
Li, Shilin
China, Shanghai
Fudan University
Martínez-Cruz, Begoña
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Merchant, Nirav C.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Mitchell, Robert John
Australia, Melbourne
La Trobe University
Parida, Laxmi P.
United States, Armonk
International Business Machines
Platt, Daniel E.
United States, Armonk
International Business Machines
Quintana-Murci, Lluís
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Renfrew, Colin
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Lacerda, Daniela Rodrigues
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Royyuru, Ajay K.
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Sandoval, José Raul
Peru, Lima
Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Santhakumari, Arun Varatharajan
India, Madurai
Madurai Kamaraj University
Hernanz, David F.Soria
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Geographic Society
Swamikrishnan, Pandikumar
United States, Armonk
International Business Machines
Ziegle, Janet S.
United States, Foster City
Applied Biosystems Usa
Statistics
Citations: 129
Authors: 59
Affiliations: 29
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/ncomms4513
e-ISSN:
20411723
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study