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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ali-Khan, Sarah E., Daar, Abdallah S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051047/