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Appendix B: Glossary
Pages 179-186

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... Ancestral recombination graph: For a set of individuals, the graph depicting the genetic ancestry lines (or paths) that trace back to their common genetic ancestors at every position in the genome (Hudson, 1990)
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... . Studies using ancient DNA often integrate genetic data with archeological and historical data to make inferences about modern population origins.
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... See also Ancestry, Genealogical ancestors, Genetic ancestors, Genetic ancestry, and Genetic similarity. Genetic epidemiology: the study of the role of genes and environmental factors, and their interactions, as risk factors in the occurrence of disease and traits in populations (Duggal et al., 2019; Seyerle and Avery, 2013)
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... Identity-by-descent: segments of the genome inherited by two or more people from the same relatively recent ancestor are referred to as identicalby-descent; such segments are often identified based on their high genetic similarity (or "identity-by-state") (Thompson, 2013)
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... In statistics, the concept of a population is foundational and represents a set of individuals or objects with shared identifying characteristics that is studied indirectly through observations of random samples. In population genetic theory, the concept of a population is often defined as a group with a common gene pool from which individuals choose mates with whom they reproduce (King et al., 2014)
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... Race: a sociopolitically constructed system for classifying and ranking human beings according to subjective beliefs about shared ancestry based on perceived innate biological similarities; the system varies globally. Race is founded on the belief that there are naturally and innately distinct groups that can be identified.
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... 2021. Considerations for cardiovascular genetic and genomic research with marginalized racial and ethnic groups and Indigenous peoples: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
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... An nual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 11(1)
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