Deciphering the fine-structure of tribal admixture in the Bedouin population using genomic data.

ABSTRACT: The Bedouin Israeli population is highly inbred and structured with a very high prevalence of recessive diseases. Many studies in the past two decades focused on linkage analysis in large, multiple consanguineous pedigrees of this population. The advent of high-throughput technologies motivated researchers to search for rare variants shared between smaller pedigrees, integrating data from clinically similar yet seemingly non-related sporadic cases. However, such analyses are challenging because, without pedigree data, there is no prior knowledge regarding possible relatedness between the sporadic cases. Here, we describe models and techniques for the study of relationships between pedigrees and use them for the inference of tribal co-ancestry, delineating the complex social interactions be

SUBMITTER: Markus B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907104 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature