Identifying genetic relatives without compromising privacy

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Figure 7.
Figure 7.

The number of segment matches for different degrees of relatives. We created simulated data by generating related individuals using the 1000 Genomes data as a starting point and tuning the simulated genotype error rate and haplotype phasing error rate to match observed amounts of segment matching for corresponding relationships in the real data. The simulation shows that our approach can distinguish between pairs of unrelated individuals and individuals related up to third cousins.

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  1. Genome Res. 24: 664-672

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