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Liu L, Li S, Cui W, Fang Y, Mei S, Chen M, Xu H, Bai X, Zhu B. Ancestry analysis using a self-developed 56 AIM-InDel loci and machine learning methods. Forensic Sci Int 2024; 361:112065. [PMID: 38889603 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Insertion/deletion (InDel) polymorphisms can be used as one of the ancestry-informative markers in ancestry analysis. In this study, a self-developed panel consisting of 56 ancestry-informative InDels was used to investigate the genetic structures and genetic relationships between Chinese Inner Mongolia Manchu group and 26 reference populations. The Inner Mongolia Manchu group was closely related in genetic background to East Asian populations, especially the Han Chinese in Beijing. Moreover, populations from northern and southern East Asia displayed obvious variations in ancestral components, suggesting the potential value of this panel in distinguishing the populations from northern and southern East Asia. Subsequently, four machine learning models were performed based on the 56 AIM-InDel loci to evaluate the performance of this panel in ancestry prediction. The random forest model presented better performance in ancestry prediction, with 91.87% and 99.73% accuracy for the five and three continental populations, respectively. The individuals of the Inner Mongolia Manchu group were assigned to the East Asian populations by the random forest model, and they exhibited closer genetic affinities with northern East Asian populations. Furthermore, the random forest model distinguished 87.18% of the Inner Mongolia Manchus from the East Asian populations, suggesting that the random forest model based on the 56 ancestry-informative InDels could be a potential tool for ancestry analysis.
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- Liu Liu
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Forensic Multi-Omics for Precision Identification, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China; Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'anJiaotong University, 99 Yanxiang Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, PR China.
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Wen Y, Liu J, Su Y, Chen X, Hou Y, Liao L, Wang Z. Forensic biogeographical ancestry inference: recent insights and current trends. Genes Genomics 2023; 45:1229-1238. [PMID: 37081293 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-023-01387-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND As a powerful complement to the paradigmatic DNA profiling strategy, biogeographical ancestry inference (BGAI) plays a significant part in human forensic investigation especially when a database hit or eyewitness testimony are not available. It indicates one's biogeographical profile based on known population-specific genetic variations, and thus is crucial for guiding authority investigations to find unknown individuals. Forensic biogeographical ancestry testing exploits much of the recent advances in the understanding of human genomic variation and improving of molecular biology. OBJECTIVE In this review, recent development of prospective ancestry informative markers (AIMs) and the statistical approaches of inferring biogeographic ancestry from AIMs are elucidated and discussed. METHODS We highlight the research progress of three potential AIMs (i.e., single nucleotide polymorphisms, microhaplotypes, and Y or mtDNA uniparental markers) and discuss the prospects and challenges of two methods that are commonly used in BGAI. CONCLUSION While BGAI for forensic purposes has been thriving in recent years, important challenges, such as ethics and responsibilities, data completeness, and ununified standards for evaluation, remain for the use of biogeographical ancestry information in human forensic investigations. To address these issues and fully realize the value of BGAI in forensic investigation, efforts should be made not only by labs/institutions around the world independently, but also by inter-lab/institution collaborations.
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- Yufeng Wen
- Key Laboratory of Evidence Science (China University of Political Science and Law), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100088, China
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Evidence Science (China University of Political Science and Law), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100088, China.
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Felkl AB, Avila E, Gastaldo AZ, Lindholz CG, Dorn M, Alho CS. Ancestry resolution of South Brazilians by forensic 165 ancestry-informative SNPs panel. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2023; 64:102838. [PMID: 36736201 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP) includes biogeographic ancestry (BGA) inference and externally visible characteristics (EVCs) prediction directly from an evidential DNA sample as alternatives to provide valuable intelligence when conventional DNA profiling fails to achieve identification. In this context, the application of Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS) methodologies, which enables simultaneous typing of multiple samples and hundreds of forensic markers, has been gradually implemented in forensic genetic casework. The Precision ID Ancestry Panel (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, USA) is a forensic multiplex assay consisting of 165 autosomal SNPs designed to provide biogeographic ancestry information. In this work, a sample of 250 individuals from Rio Grande do Sul (RS) State, southern Brazil, apportioned into four main population groups (African-, European-, Amerindian-, and Admixed-derived Gauchos), was evaluated with this panel, to assess the feasibility of this approach in a highly heterogeneous population. Forensic descriptive parameters estimated for each population group revealed that this panel has enough polymorphic and informative SNPs to be used as a supplementary instrument in forensic individual identification and kinship testing regardless of ethnicity. No statistically significant deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was observed after Bonferroni correction. However, seven loci pairs displayed linkage disequilibrium in pairwise LD testing (p < 3.70 × 10-6). Interpopulation comparisons by FST analysis, MDS plot, and STRUCTURE analysis among the four RS population groups apart and along with 89 reference worldwide populations demonstrated that Admixed- and African-derived Gauchos present the highest levels of admixture and population stratification, whereas European- and Amerindian-derived exhibit a more homogeneous genetic conformation.
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- Aline Brugnera Felkl
- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology - Forensic Science, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Technical Scientific Section, Federal Police Department in Rio Grande do Sul State, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology - Forensic Science, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology - Forensic Science, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology - Forensic Science, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Institute of Informatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology - Forensic Science, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Zhang R, Ni X, Yuan K, Pan Y, Xu S. MultiWaverX: modeling latent sex-biased admixture history. Brief Bioinform 2022; 23:6590437. [PMID: 35598333 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbac179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sex-biased gene flow has been common in the demographic history of modern humans. However, the lack of sophisticated methods for delineating the detailed sex-biased admixture process prevents insights into complex admixture history and thus our understanding of the evolutionary mechanisms of genetic diversity. Here, we present a novel algorithm, MultiWaverX, for modeling complex admixture history with sex-biased gene flow. Systematic simulations showed that MultiWaverX is a powerful tool for modeling complex admixture history and inferring sex-biased gene flow. Application of MultiWaverX to empirical data of 17 typical admixed populations in America, Central Asia, and the Middle East revealed sex-biased admixture histories that were largely consistent with the historical records. Notably, fine-scale admixture process reconstruction enabled us to recognize latent sex-biased gene flow in certain populations that would likely be overlooked by much of the routine analysis with commonly used methods. An outstanding example in the real world is the Kazakh population that experienced complex admixture with sex-biased gene flow but in which the overall signature has been canceled due to biased gene flow from an opposite direction.
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- Rui Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.,Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China.,Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China.,Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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Liu Y, Sang M, Yuan Y, Du Z, Li W, Hu H, Wen L, Wang F, Guo H, Wang B, Wang D, Sun Z, Qiu S. Novel clusters of newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes and their association with diabetic retinopathy: a 3-year follow-up study. Acta Diabetol 2022; 59:827-835. [PMID: 35312861 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-022-01872-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cluster analysis may assist in stratifying heterogeneous clinical presentations of type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the association of cluster-based subgroups with diabetes-related outcomes such as diabetic retinopathy remains unclear. This study was aimed to address this issue with novel clusters of T2D derived from four simple parameters. METHOD We developed a k-means clustering model in participants with newly diagnosed T2D (N = 1910) from the SENSIBLE and SENSIBLE-Addition studies, based on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Diabetic retinopathy was ascertained with the protocol from the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study. Participants (N = 515) without diabetic retinopathy at baseline were followed-up for 3 years. Logistic regression analyses were performed to obtain the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS Three clusters were identified, with cluster 0, 1 and 2 accounting for 48.2, 8.9 and 42.9%, respectively. Participants with T2D were featured by the lowest BMI, WC, MAP, and HbA1c in cluster 0, poor glycemic condition in cluster 1, and the highest BMI, WC, and MAP in cluster 2. Compared with cluster 0, cluster 1 was associated with increased odds of diabetic retinopathy in both the cross-sectional study (OR 6.25, 95% CI: 3.19-12.23) and the cohort study (OR 9.16, 95% CI: 2.08-40.34), while cluster 2 was not. Moreover, most participants remained their clusters unchanged during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Our cluster-based analysis showed that participants with poor glycemic condition rather than high blood pressure and obesity had higher risk of diabetic retinopathy.
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- Yu Liu
- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, No.87 Dingjiaqiao Street, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, No.87 Dingjiaqiao Street, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, No.87 Dingjiaqiao Street, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, No.87 Dingjiaqiao Street, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University (Suzhou Municipal Hospital of Anhui Province), Suzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, No.87 Dingjiaqiao Street, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Fushun Eye Hospital, Fushun, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Lab, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, No.87 Dingjiaqiao Street, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of General Practice, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast University, No.87 Dingjiaqiao Street, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
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Zou X, He G, Liu J, Jiang L, Wang M, Chen P, Hou Y, Wang Z. Screening and selection of 21 novel microhaplotype markers for ancestry inference in ten Chinese subpopulations. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2022; 58:102687. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Zhang W, Jin X, Wang Y, Chen C, Zhu B. Genetic structure analyses and ancestral information inference of Chinese Kyrgyz group via a panel of 39 AIM-DIPs. Genomics 2021; 113:2056-2064. [PMID: 33711452 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ancestry informative markers have extensive uses and advantages in inferring ancestral origins and estimating ancestral genetic information components of admixed populations. With the characteristics of highly cultural exchange and the admixed genetic structure of the Kyrgyz group, it is essential to enrich the genetic data of the Kyrgyz group. In this study, we used a self-developed ancestry informative marker-deletion/insertion polymorphic (AIM-DIP) panel to explore ancestral components of Chinese Kyrgyz group and population genetic relationships between the Kyrgyz group and reference populations. Results showed that all AIM-DIP loci were conformed to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. There were 36 AIM-DIP loci that contributed significantly to genetic information inference. Multiple statistical analyses revealed that Chinese Kyrgyz group had a closer genetic relationship with Chinese Uyghur group. The ancestral components of the Kyrgyz group, being mostly composed of genetic components of European and East Asian populations, were more similar to the ancestral components of Chinese Uyghur group.
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- Wenqing Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; College of Forensic Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; College of Forensic Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China; Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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Massively parallel sequencing of 165 ancestry-informative SNPs and forensic biogeographical ancestry inference in three southern Chinese Sinitic/Tai-Kadai populations. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2021; 52:102475. [PMID: 33561661 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ancestry informative markers (AIMs), which are distributed throughout the human genome, harbor significant allele frequency differences among diverse ethnic groups. The use of sets of AIMs to reconstruct population history and genetic relationships is attracting interest in the forensic community, because biogeographic ancestry information for a casework sample can potentially be predicted and used to guide the investigative process. However, subpopulation ancestry inference within East Asia remains in its infancy due to a lack of population reference data collection and incomplete validation work on newly developed or commercial AIM sets. In the present study, 316 Chinese persons, including 85 Sinitic-speaking Haikou Han, 120 Qiongzhong Hlai and 111 Daozhen Gelao individuals belonging to Tai-Kadai-speaking populations, were analyzed using the Precision ID Ancestry Panel (165 AISNPs). Combined with our previous 165-AISNP data (375 individuals from 6 populations), the 1000 Genomes Project and forensic literature, comprehensive population genetic comparisons and ancestry inference were further performed via ADMIXTURE, TreeMix, PCA, f-statistics and N-J tree. Although several nonpolymorphic loci were identified in the three southern Chinese populations, the forensic parameters of this ancestry inference panel were better than those for the 23 STR-based Huaxia Platinum System, which is suitable for use as a robust tool in forensic individual identification and parentage testing. The results based on the ancestry assignment and admixture proportion evaluation revealed that this panel could be used successfully to assign individuals at a continental scale but also possessed obvious limitations in discriminatory power in intercontinental individuals, especially for European-Asian admixed Uyghurs or in populations lacking reference databases. Population genetic analyses further revealed five continental population clusters and three East Asian-focused population subgroups, which is consistent with linguistic affiliations. Ancestry composition and multiple phylogenetic analysis further demonstrated that the geographically isolated Qiongzhong Hlai harbored a close phylogenetic relationship with Austronesian speakers and possessed a homogenous Tai-Kadai-dominant ancestry, which could be used as the ancestral source proxy in population history reconstruction of Tai-Kadai-speaking populations and as one of the representatives for forensic database establishment. In summary, more population-specific AIM sets focused on East Asian subpopulations, comprehensive algorithms and high-coverage population reference data should be developed and validated in the next step.
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Liu Y, Jin X, Lan Q, Zhao C, Xu H, Xie T, Lan J, Tai Y, Zhu B. Forensic characteristic and population structure dissection of Shaanxi Han population in the light of diallelic deletion/insertion polymorphism data. Genomics 2020; 112:3837-3845. [PMID: 32574833 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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The genetic polymorphisms of diallelic deletion/insertion polymorphic (DIP) loci in the Shaanxi Han population are still not clearly characterized. Herein, allele frequencies and forensic application efficiencies for 30 diallelic DIP loci were investigated in 506 unrelated healthy Han individuals from Chinese Shaanxi province. Based on population data of the same 30 diallelic DIP loci, the genetic differentiations, hierarchical clustering relationships and population architectures among Shaanxi Han and other 50 populations were further dissected through genetic and bioinformatics analyses. Results indicated that most of the 30 diallelic DIP loci were relatively high polymorphisms in the Shaanxi Han population; and there were the genetically intimate relationships between Shaanxi Han and the East Asian populations. In summary, this study provided significant insights into genetic background of Shaanxi Han population, and the multiplex amplification of these 30 diallelic DIP loci was appropriate for forensic individual identification and population genetic research in Shaanxi Han population.
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- Yanfang Liu
- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710004 Xi'an, China; Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710004, Xi'an, China; College of Forensic Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Multi-Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710004 Xi'an, China; Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710004, Xi'an, China.
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Liu Y, Jin X, Mei S, Xu H, Zhao C, Lan Q, Xie T, Fang Y, Li S, Zhu B. Insights into the genetic characteristics and population structures of Chinese two Tibetan groups using 35 insertion/deletion polymorphic loci. Mol Genet Genomics 2020; 295:957-968. [PMID: 32333170 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-020-01670-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Studying the genetic structure of each ethnic group is helpful to clarify the genetic background and trace back to the ethnic origin. Tibetan people have lived in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (mean elevation over 4500 m) for generations, and have well adapted to the high-altitude environment. Due to the relatively closed geographical environment, Tibetans have preserved their representative physical characteristics and genetic information, thereby become an important research group in human genetics. In this study, genetic characteristics and population structures of two Tibetan groups (Qinghai Tibetans and Tibet Tibetans) were revealed by 35 insertion/deletion polymorphism (DIP) loci, aiming to provide valuable genetic information for population genetic differentiation analyses and forensic identifications. The combined discrimination power, cumulative exclusion probability and combined match probability of the 35 DIP loci in Qinghai Tibetan and Tibet Tibetan groups were 0.9999999999999945, 0.9988, 5.56623 × 10-15; and 0.9999999999999904, 0.9990, 9.69071 × 10-15, respectively, indicating that the panel possessed a strong capability for Tibetan personal identifications. Population differentiations and genetic relationship analyses among the two studied Tibetan groups and other 27 comparison populations were carried out using the Nei's DA genetic distances, population pairwise genetic distances F-statistics (FST), analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA), phylogenetic tree reconstruction, principal component analysis and STRUCTURE methods. Results demonstrated that the most intimate genetic relationships existed in these two Tibetan groups; and genetic similarities between two Tibetan groups and the populations from East Asia were much stronger than that between the Tibetan groups and other geographical populations. Furthermore, forensic ancestral informativeness assessments suggested that several loci could be regarded as ancestry informative markers inferring individual biogeographic origins as well as contributing to forensic anthropology and population genetic researches.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yanfang Liu
- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, China.,Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, China.,College of Forensic Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, 710061, China
| | - Shuyan Mei
- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
| | - Congying Zhao
- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Multi‑Omics Innovative Research Center of Forensic Identification; Department of Forensic Genetics, School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. .,Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, China. .,Clinical Research Center of Shaanxi Province for Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, China.
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