Somya Mehra

Apr 20, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Daniel E. Neafsey |Michael White |Aimee Taylor |Somya Mehra

AbstractGenetic studies of malaria parasites increasingly feature estimates of relatedness. However, various aspects of malaria parasite relatedness estimation are not fully understood. For example, estimates of relatedness based on whole-genome-sequence (WGS) data often exceed those based on more sparse data types. We explore systematic bias in relatedness estimation using theoretical, numerical and empirical approaches.