Admixture mapping is an old concept that has only now been applied with markers across the entire genome. Such a study scanning an African American population identified two chromosomal regions affecting susceptibility to hypertension.
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Darvasi, A., Shifman, S. The beauty of admixture. Nat Genet 37, 118–119 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0205-118
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