LASER server: ancestry tracing with genotypes or sequence reads.

ABSTRACT:

Summary

To enable direct comparison of ancestry background in different studies, we developed LASER to estimate individual ancestry by placing either sezquenced or genotyped samples in a common ancestry space, regardless of the sequencing strategy or genotyping array used to characterize each sample. Here we describe the LASER server to facilitate application of the method to a wide range of genetic studies. The server provides genetic ancestry estimation for different geographic regions and user-friendly interactive visualization of the results.

Availability and implementation

The LASER server is freely accessible at http://laser.sph.umich.edu/.

Contact

[e-mail] or [e-mail].

Supplementary information

Supplementary data are available at

SUBMITTER: Taliun D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870850 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature