Accurate and equitable medical genomic analysis requires an understanding of demography and its influence on sample size and ratio

Genome Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kessler, Michael D ^a   O'Connor, Timothy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENOMICS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDS;

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85014128406     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1172-8     Document Type: Letter

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