Homozygosity
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Homozygosity is a term used in genetics to describe a situation where an individual inherits the same alleles for a particular gene from both parents.
Contents
Blog posts
- Rebekah Canada. Compendium: Runs of homozygosity. Haplogroup blog, 1 March 2016.
- Zakaria Ajmal (Zack). Inbreeding. Procrastination blog, 24 January 2011.
- Razib Khan. Homozygosity runs in the family (or not). Gene Expression blog, 17 November 2010.
Scientific papers
- Pemberton TJ, Absher D, Feldman MW et al (2012). Genomic patterns of homozygosity in worldwide populations. 91 (2): 275-292.
- Kirin M, McQuillan R, Franklin CS et al (2008). Genomic runs of homozygosity record population history and consanguinity. PLOS One Published online 15 November 2010.
- McQuillan R, Leutenegger A-L, Abdel-Rahman R et al. Runs of homozygosity in European populations. 83 (3): 359-372.
- Woods CG, Cox J, Springel K et al. Quantification of homozygosity in consanguineous individuals with autosomal recessive disease. American Journal of Human Genetics 2006 78(5): 889–896.
Tools
- Search for runs of homozygosity A free utility from David Pike that allows the user to adjust the criteria to search for varying degrees of ROH
- Are your parents related? A free utility from GedMatch which allows the user to search for large ROHs to determine if their parents are related
- Checking for runs of homozygosity. A free script written in R by Rebekah Canada. Haplogroup blog, 1 March 2016.
See also
This article uses material in the public domain from the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms and is reproduced courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute. |