Admixture mapping: from paradigms of race and ethnicity to population history
Admixture mapping is a whole genome association strategy that takes advantage of population history—or genetic ancestry—to map genes for complex diseases. However, because it uses racial/ethnic groupings to examine differential disease risk, admixture mapping raises ethical and social concerns. Whil...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2010
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051047/ |