Machine Learning overview for biogeographical ancestry prediction - a PLS-DA approach

Biogeographical ancestry (BGA) of a trace or person/skeleton refers to the component of ethnicity, which is composed of biological and cultural elements and is biologically determined. Nowadays, many people are interested in researching their genealogy, and the ability to distinguish biogeographic information about populations and subgroups using DNA analysis plays an essential role in various fields, such as forensics. For example, it is advantageous for investigative and intelligence purposes to infer the biogeographic origin of perpetrators or victims of unsolved cases when reference profiles of perpetrators or database matches are not available for comparison purposes.
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research