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Genetic structure adds power to detect schizophrenia susceptibility at SLIT3 in the Chinese Han population.
Genome research - 1 Jul 2004
Shi YongYong, Zhao XinZhi, Yu Lan, Tao Ran, Tang JunXia, La YuJuan, Duan Yun, Gao Bo, Gu NiuFan, Xu YiFeng, Feng GuoYin, Zhu ShaoMin, Liu HuiJun, Salter Hugh, He Lin
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The Chinese Han population, the largest population in the world, has traditionally been geographically divided into two parts, the Southern Han and Northern Han. In practice, however, these commonly used ethnic labels are both insufficient and inaccurate as descriptors of inferred genetic clustering, and can lead to the observation of "spurious association" as well as the concealment of real association. In this...
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