Genome‐Wide Assessment Reveals Ancestral Differences in Homozygosity Patterns Potentially Linked to Parkinson's Disease Etiology

ROH regions contribute to PD heritability across ancestries, partly reflecting recessive genetic architecture. Larger and more diverse whole-genome sequencing studies are needed to identify rare recessive variants influencing PD risk. © 2026 The Author(s). Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.