Tilting at windmills no longer: A data-driven discussion of DTC DNA ancestry tests

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 586-593

  Wagner, Jennifer K ^a   Cooper, Jill D ^b   Sterling, Rene ^c   Royal, Charmaine D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

direct to consumer; DNA ancestry; genetic ancestry; genomic ancestry

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DNA ANCESTRY TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERNET; MARKETING;

EID: 84861915897     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2011.77     Document Type: Article

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