A novel numerical method to quantify the contribution of genes to the population structure

1 CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2 School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Australia 3 Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, Av. Andre Tosello, 209 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 Embrapa Southeast Livestock, Rodovia Washington Luiz, Km 234, Sao Carlos, Brazil 6 CSIRO, DATA61, Ecosciences Precinct Brisbane, Queensland, Australia