Africa: The next frontier for human disease gene discovery?

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue R2, 2011, Pages 214-220

  Ramsay, Michèle ^a,b   Tiemessen, Caroline T ^b   Choudhury, Ananyo ^a,b   Soodyall, Himla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MICROBIOME; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; DISEASES; GENETICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; NEGRO; REVIEW;

HOMO SAPIENS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84856035196     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr401     Document Type: Article

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