Consumer genomics will change your life, whether you get tested or not

Genome Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Khan, Razib ^a   Mittelman, David ^b  

^a Insitome Inc   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NOTE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; GENETIC SCREENING;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; GENETIC TESTING; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 85052088712     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1506-1     Document Type: Note

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