Population structure analysis on 2504 individuals across 26 ancestries using bioinformatics approaches

Background Characterizing genetic diversity is crucial for reconstructing human evolution and for understanding the genetic basis of complex diseases; however, human population genetics are very complicated. Previously, we proved that based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the heterozygous vs. non-reference homozygous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) ratio (het/nonref-hom) is two [1]. Later, we found that this ratio is race dependent, with...