Chunk #70 — Results — Haplotype accuracy in extended pedigrees — Results on the simulated dataset with extended pedigrees

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A general approach for haplotype phasing across the full spectrum of relatedness.

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Overall, these results suggest that at least some of the observed discordance in the analysis of real data sets is due to errors in the Merlin haplotypes caused by genotyping error. The true error levels are likely to be lower but the masking can help to remove the confounding effect.