Recent advances of genetic ancestry testing in biomedical research and direct to consumer testing

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-235

  Via, M ^a,b   Ziv, E ^a,b,c   Burchard, E G ^a,b,d  

^a Institute for Human Genetics   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture mapping; Biomedical research; Genetic ancestry; Health disparities; Population differences

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARMACOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 70350162085     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01263.x     Document Type: Review

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