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Mapping genes of complex psychiatric diseases in Daghestan genetic isolates.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jan 2005
Bulayeva Kazima B, Leal Suzanne M, Pavlova Tatiana A, Kurbanov Ruslan M, Glatt Stephen J, Bulayev Oleg A, Tsuang Ming T
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Genetic isolates, which provide outstanding opportunities for identification of susceptibility genes for complex diseases, can be classified as primary (having an ancient demographic history in a stable environment) or secondary (having a younger demographic history) Neel [1992: Minority populations: Genetics, demography, and health, pp. 1-13]. Daghestan contains 26 out of 50 indigenous Caucasus ethnicities that...
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