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Racialized genetics and the study of complex diseases: the thrifty genotype revisited.

Perspectives in biology and medicine - 1 Jan 2007

Paradies Yin C, Montoya Michael J, Fullerton Stephanie M

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Current debate on the use of population genetic data for complex disease research is driven by the laudable goals of disease prevention and harm reduction for all, especially dispossessed, formerly enslaved, or colonized populations. This article examines one of the oldest gene-based theories of complex disease causation: the thrifty genotype hypothesis (THG). This hypothesis is emblematic of the way in which...

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PMID: 17468539
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2007.0020

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