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[The Haplotype Map of the human genome: a revolution in the genetics of complex diseases].
Medecine sciences : M/S - 1 Dec 2006
Montpetit Alexandre, Chagnon Fanny
Abstract excerpt
More than 99.9 % of the sequence is identical when comparing the DNA from two individuals. The remaining 0.1 % is responsible, along with other factors such as the environment, for the risk level of developing complex diseases (such as asthma, diabetes or cancer) or for the different pharmacological response to drugs. Despite the incredible advances in genomics in the past few years, identifying the variants...
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