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Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com], European Journal of Human Genetics, 11(18), p. 1269-1270, 2010

DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.92

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Genes predict village of origin in rural Europe

Journal article published in 2010 by Colm O'Dushlaine, Ruth McQuillan, Michael E. Weale, Daniel J. M. Crouch, Åsa Johansson, Yurii Sergeevich Aulchenko, Christopher S. Franklin, Ozren Polasek, Christian Fuchsberger, Aiden Corvin, Andrew A. Hicks, Veronique Isabelle Vitart, Caroline Hayward, Sarah H. Wild, Thomas Meitinger and other authors.
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Abstract

The genetic structure of human populations is important in population genetics, forensics and medicine. Using genome-wide scans and individuals with all four grandparents born in the same settlement, we here demonstrate remarkable geographical structure across 8–30 km in three different parts of rural Europe. After excluding close kin and inbreeding, village of origin could still be predicted correctly on the basis of genetic data for 89–100% of individuals. ; PUBLISHED