People of the British Isles: preliminary analysis of genotypes and surnames in a UK-control population

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Winney, B; Boumertit, A; Day, T; Davison, D; Echeta, C; Evseeva, I; Hutnik, K; Leslie, S; Nicodemus, K; Royrvik, EC; ...Date
2012-02-01Source Title
European Journal of Human GeneticsPublisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUPUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Leslie, StephenAffiliation
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Winney, B., Boumertit, A., Day, T., Davison, D., Echeta, C., Evseeva, I., Hutnik, K., Leslie, S., Nicodemus, K., Royrvik, E. C., Tonks, S., Yang, X., Cheshire, J., Longley, P., Mateos, P., Groom, A., Relton, C., Bishop, D. T., Black, K. ,... Bodmer, W. (2012). People of the British Isles: preliminary analysis of genotypes and surnames in a UK-control population. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS, 20 (2), pp.203-210. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2011.127.Access Status
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There is a great deal of interest in a fine-scale population structure in the UK, both as a signature of historical immigration events and because of the effect population structure may have on disease association studies. Although population structure appears to have a minor impact on the current generation of genome-wide association studies, it is likely to have a significant part in the next generation of studies designed to search for rare variants. A powerful way of detecting such structure is to control and document carefully the provenance of the samples involved. In this study, we describe the collection of a cohort of rural UK samples (The People of the British Isles), aimed at providing a well-characterised UK-control population that can be used as a resource by the research community, as well as providing a fine-scale genetic information on the British population. So far, some 4000 samples have been collected, the majority of which fit the criteria of coming from a rural area and having all four grandparents from approximately the same area. Analysis of the first 3865 samples that have been geocoded indicates that 75% have a mean distance between grandparental places of birth of 37.3 km, and that about 70% of grandparental places of birth can be classed as rural. Preliminary genotyping of 1057 samples demonstrates the value of these samples for investigating a fine-scale population structure within the UK, and shows how this can be enhanced by the use of surnames.
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