Whole-genome sequencing for an enhanced understanding of genetic variation among South Africans

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Choudhury, Ananyo ^a   Ramsay, Michèle ^a,b   Hazelhurst, Scott ^a,c   Aron, Shaun ^a   Bardien, Soraya ^d   Botha, Gerrit ^e   Chimusa, Emile R ^f   Christoffels, Alan ^g   Gamieldien, Junaid ^g   Sefid Dashti, Mahjoubeh J ^g   Joubert, Fourie ^h   Meintjes, Ayton ^e   Mulder, Nicola ^e   Ramesar, Raj ^f   Rees, Jasper ⁱ   Scholtz, Kathrine ^j   Sengupta, Dhriti ^a   Soodyall, Himla ^b   Venter, Philip ^j   Warnich, Louise ^k   Pepper, Michael S ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

ⁱ AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^k STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DIVERGENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

AC006486.1 GENE; AGAP6 GENE; ARTICLE; BANTU PEOPLE; CDHR3 GENE; ETNPPL GENE; EUROPEAN; FNDC3A GENE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IGSF22 GENE; INDIAN; KHOISAN; LILRA3 GENE; LRRC9 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLSCR2 GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC17A9 GENE; SORBS3 GENE; SOUTH AFRICAN; UGT2A3 GENE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; Y CHROMOSOME; ZNF816 GENE; BLACK PERSON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85037748604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00663-9     Document Type: Article

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