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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2026.045
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Integrated reference panel of Macaca mulatta haplotypes for genotype imputation in populations of mixed origin

Sharko FS , Prokopenko AV , Izotova AO , Toshchakov SV
About authors

National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Stepan V. Toshchakov
Academician Kurchatov pl, 1, Moscow, 123098, Russia; moc.liamg@vokahchsot.napets

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Genetic Technologies for 2019–2030), agreement No. 075-15-2025-491 dated 30.05.2025.

Acknowledgements: the study was conducted using the equipment of the shared use center "Complex for Modeling and Processing Data from Mega-Class Research Facilities", National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", http://ckp.nrcki.ru/.

Author contribution: Toshchakov SV — research design, manuscript writing; Sharko FS — bioinformatics analysis, manuscript draft; Prokopenko AV, Izotova AO — manuscript editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the studies were approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute" (protocol №2-2пр dated June 30, 2025).

Received: 2026-07-14 Accepted: 2026-08-14 Published online: 2026-08-21
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