High-resolution population-specific recombination rates and their effect on phasing and genotype imputation.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown that using population-specific reference panels has a significant effect on downstream population genomic analyses like haplotype phasing, genotype imputation, and association, especially in the context of population isolates. Here, we developed a high-resolution recombination rate mapping at 10 and 50 kb scale using high-coverage (20-30×) whole-genome sequenced data of 55 family trios from Finland and compared it to recombination rates of non-Finnish Europeans (NFE). We tested the downstream effects of the population-specific recombination rates in statistical phasing and genotype imputation in Finns as compared to the same analyses performed by using the NFE-based recombination rates. We found that Finnish recombination rates have a moderately high correlation

SUBMITTER: Hassan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8114909 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature