Africa: Continent of genome contrasts with implications for biomedical research and health

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2813-2819

  Ramsay, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African populations; Epigenetics; Genetic variation; Genomics; Health transition

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIGENETICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84864941700     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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