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Procedure is described to estimate allele frequencies in indigenous populations of Siberia using phenotype data not only for “pure-blood” representatives of the ethnic groups examined, but also for the descendants of mixed marriages. Implementation of the method requires reconstruction of the pedigree structure for the sample examined. Inclusion of the data on descendants of mixed marriages into the analysis increases the sample information content and decreases variance of the estimates obtained. The advantages of the method are illustrated using an example of Tundra Nentsy, for whom it was shown that variance of estimates at the analysis of the blood groups allele frequencies can be diminished approximately by a factor of 1.5.
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Axenovich, T.I., Zorkoltseva, I.V., Kirichenko, A.V. et al. Estimation of Allele Frequencies in Indigenous Populations of Siberia Based on Pedigree Data. Russian Journal of Genetics 37, 1293–1298 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012513226719
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