Self-declared ethnicity and genomic ancestry in prostate cancer patients from Brazil.
- J S Oliveira, R S Ferreira, +6 authors S M B Sousa
- Genetics and molecular research : GMR
- 2016
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Genetic Heterogeneity of Self-Reported Ancestry Groups in an Admixed Brazilian Population
- Published 2011 in Journal of epidemiology
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Population stratification is the main source of spurious results and poor reproducibility in genetic association findings. Population heterogeneity can be controlled for by grouping individuals in ethnic clusters; however, in admixed populations, there is evidence that such proxies do not provide efficient stratification control. The aim of this… (More)