fastNGSadmix: admixture proportions and principal component analysis of a single NGS sample

Emil Jørsboe*, Kristian Ebbesen Hanghøj, Anders Albrechtsen

*Corresponding author for this work
11 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Motivation Estimation of admixture proportions and principal component analysis (PCA) are fundamental tools in populations genetics. However, applying these methods to low- or mid-depth sequencing data without taking genotype uncertainty into account can introduce biases. Results Here we present fastNGSadmix, a tool to fast and reliably estimate admixture proportions and perform PCA from next generation sequencing data of a single individual. The analyses are based on genotype likelihoods of the input sample and a set of predefined reference populations. The method has high accuracy, even at low sequencing depth and corrects for the biases introduced by small reference populations.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBioinformatics
Volume33
Issue number19
Pages (from-to)3148-3150
Number of pages3
ISSN1367-4803
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2017

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