NIH R01 · 2024
Identity by descent in population data
Abstract Two individuals’ DNA is said to be identical by descent when the individuals inherited it from a shared ancestor such as a great-grandparent. Identity by descent (IBD) occurs in relatively long segments of several million base pairs when the shared ancestor lived within approximately the past 50 generations. Since ancestors from 50 generations ago can have many descendants, it is possible to find segments of IBD between many pairs of individuals without known relationships. The goal of this proposal is to develop three new applications of IBD segments. The first application is estimating recombination rates. Recombination rates vary across the genome, and the rates must be…
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