The critical needs and challenges for genetic architecture studies in Africa

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 53, Issue , 2018, Pages 113-120

  Martin, Alicia R ^a,b   Teferra, Solomon ^c,d   Möller, Marlo ^e   Hoal, Eileen G ^e   Daly, Mark J ^a,b,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN; ARCHITECTURE; ETHICS; FUNDING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; BLACK PERSON; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRENDS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 85053373738     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.08.005     Document Type: Review

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