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Genetics and genomics

long stretches of the genome where both copies are identical, used to measure recent inbreeding and population history.

In genetics and genomics, runs of homozygosity refers to long stretches of the genome where both copies are identical, used to measure recent inbreeding and population history. This meaning comes from McQuillan (2008) in The American Journal of Human Genetics.[1]

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McQuillan, R., Leutenegger, A., Abdel-Rahman, R., Franklin, C. S., Pericic, M., Barac-Lauc, L., Smolej-Narancic, N., Janicijevic, B., Polasek, O., Tenesa, A., MacLeod, A. K., Farrington, S. M., Rudan, P., Hayward, C., Vitart, V., Rudan, I., Wild, S. H., Dunlop, M. G., Wright, A. F., Campbell, H., & Wilson, J. F. (2008). Runs of Homozygosity in European Populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 83(3), 359-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.08.007

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