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mavershang · 12-11-2019, 12:24 PM

Hi there, I just noticed that there are a few human variants called are actually "most dominant" in population.

For example, rs1699107, C on ref genome but its MAF=0.02

Why is this?

12-11-2019, 12:24 PM	#1
mavershang Junior Member Location: US Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 9	Why ref genome contains minor alleles (MAF<0.05) Hi there, I just noticed that there are a few human variants called are actually "most dominant" in population. For example, rs1699107, C on ref genome but its MAF=0.02 Why is this?