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Machine learning speeds up genetic structure analysis

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Deep learning is used to accelerate the inference of genetic clusters, allowing the analysis of hundreds of thousands of human genomic datasets in a computationally efficient way.

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Smith, C.C.R. Machine learning speeds up genetic structure analysis. Nat Comput Sci 3, 580–581 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-023-00481-8

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