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Utah Residents with Northern and Western European Ancestry (CEU)

Definition
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Population label used in 1000 Genomes Phase 3 for Utah Residents with Northern and Western European Ancestry, assigned to the EUR super-population.

Why it matters in GWAS

This label is used to describe reference samples and to interpret ancestry structure, allele-frequency differences, and LD patterns in GWAS analyses.

Example usage

"Reference haplotypes from CEU were included for ancestry benchmarking and imputation panel comparisons."

References

  • 1000 Genomes Project Consortium. (2015). A global reference for human genetic variation. Nature.

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