ADMIXTOOLS 2 parameters that change your qpAdm results: f2 extraction, allsnps, fudge and friends
The settings tutorials skip and reviewers ask about: extract_f2 versus genotype input, allsnps, maxmiss, fudge and fudge_twice, blgsize, boot, afprod and constrained — what each does, with the measured stakes.
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