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A twist on admixture mapping

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A new study uses genome-wide SNP genotypes to identify a subset of children undergoing therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia that are at increased risk for relapse. Borrowing from the classical approach of admixture mapping, the work shows how genome-wide assessment of genetic ancestry can be used as a biomarker for disease outcome.

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Figure 1: Principal component analysis of genome-wide SNP genotyping data can distinguish an admixed population from other populations.

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  1. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Stephen J. Chanock is at the Laboratory of Translational Genomics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,

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